Jean-Marc Dalpé (born February 21, 1957) is a Canadian playwright and poet. He is one of the most important figures in

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literature. Dalpé studied theatre at the

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, graduating in 1973. In 1979, he obtained graduate diploma from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec. He subsequently worked with several Franco-Ontarian theatre companies, including as a co-founder of Ottawa's Théâtre de la Vieille 17 in 1979. He was also associated with the

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in Sudbury for several years, writing many of his early works there and publishing them with that city's

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publishing house. He returned to the University of Ottawa in 1987 as writer in residence, and was a grant adjudicator for the

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the following year. In 1990, he was writer in residence at the ''Festival des Francophonies'' in

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, France, and in 1993 at Montreal's Nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale. He won the

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on three occasions. On April 5, 2021, Dalpé renounced the honorary doctorate he had been given at

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to protest against severe cuts the university had made to its programs, including the French-language theatre BA.

Works

* ''Hawkesbury blues'', 1982 * ''Nickel'', 1983-1984 (co-written with

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) * ''Les Rogers'', 1985 * ''Le Chien'' ("The Dog"), 1988 - winner of the 1988 Governor General's Award for French Drama * ''Les Murs de nos villages'' ("The Walls of Our Villages"), 1993 * ''Eddy'', 1994 - winner of the Prix du Nouvel-Ontario and the Prix ''

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'' * ''Lucky Lady'', 1995 * ''Il n'y a que l'amour'' ("There is Nothing But Love"), 1999 * ''Contes urbains d'Ottawa'' ("Urban Stories of Ottawa"), 1999 * ''Piégés'' ("Trapped"), 2000 * ''Un Vent se lève qui éparpille'' ("Scattered in a Rising Wind"), 2000 - winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for French Fiction * ''Contes sudburois'' ("Stories of Sudbury"), 2001 * ''Août: un repas à la campagne'', 2006

References

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