Larry Tremblay (born April 17, 1954 in

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writer from

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. He is a two-time nominee for the

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, for ''Le Mangeur de bicyclette'' at the

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and for ''L'Orangeraie'' at the

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'', October 7, 2014. and a nominee for the

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for the published compilation of his plays ''Ogre'' and ''Cornemuse''. Several of his works have also been published in English translations by

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, Linda Gaboriau, Keith Turnbull and Chantal Bilodeau. ''The Bicycle Eater'', Fischman's translation of ''Le Mangeur de bicyclette'', was also a nominee for the

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. After completing a doctorate in theatre at the

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, he travelled to India to study

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, which has remained an influence on his writing. Many of his plays focus on characters confronting psychological trauma. In ''Le Déclic du destin'', a character progressively loses body parts; in ''The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi'', the central character recovers from

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only to learn that while recovering his ability to speak he has lost his native language; and in ''La Hache'' a university professor is driven insane by his obsession with ideological purity in literature. Tremblay has also taught acting at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Works

Plays

*''8 opérations'' (1978) *''La Femme aux peupliers'' (1982) *''Le Déclic du destin'' (1988) *''Josse est-il parti?'' (1989) *''Leçon d'anatomie'' (1992) *''The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi'' (1993) *''Le Génie de la rue Drolet'' (1994) *''Ogre'' (1995) *''Cornemuse'' (1996) *''Éloge de la paresse'' (1997) *''Tibullus ou Trois fois le prix d'un coq'' (1997) *''Téléroman'' (1997) *''Les Mains bleues'' (1997) *''Les Huit péchés capitaux (éloges)'' (1997) *''Roller'' (2000) *''Le Ventriloque'' (2001) **English translation ''The Ventriloquist'' (2006) *''Panda Panda'' (2004) *''La Hache'' (2005) *''A Chair in Love'' (2005) *''Abraham Lincoln va au théâtre'' (2005) **English translation ''Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre'' (2010) *''L'Histoire d'un cœur'' (2006) *''Le Problème avec moi'' (2007) *''Cantate de guerre'' (2009) **English translation ''War Cantata'' (2014) *''Burger Love'' (2009) *''L'Enfant matière'' (2012) *''Grande écoute'' (2015)

Fiction

*''Le Mangeur de bicyclette'' (2002) **English translation ''The Bicycle Eater'' (2005) *''Piercing'' (2006) **English translation ''Piercing'' (2010) *''Le Christ obèse'' (2012) **English translation ''The Obese Christ'' (2014) *''L'Orangeraie'' (2013) * ''L'Arbre aux livre.'' 201
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, # 141, 201
in English
Transl. Sheila Fischman

Poetry

*''La Place des yeux : poèmes'' (1989) *''Gare à l'aube'' *''Trois secondes où la Seine n'a pas coulé'' (2001) *''L'Œil du soir'' (2009) *''L'Arbre chorégraphe'' (2009) *''L'Œil soldat'' (2019)

Essays

*''Le Crâne des théâtres : essais sur les corps de l'acteur'' (1993)

References

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