Olivier Sylvestre
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Olivier Sylvestre (born 1982 in Laval, Quebec) is a
Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
writer from
Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. He is most noted for his first theatrical play ''La beauté du monde'', which won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the
2015 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2015,Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the
2018 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 3, 2018,National Theatre School of Canada. He was translated into English by
Leanna Brodie Leanna Brodie is a Canadian actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television ...
. His monologue ''Le désert'' was premiered in January 2018 at Théâtre Prospero in a production by ''Le Dôme – creations théâtrales'', a company Sylvestre co-leads. His play ''La loi de la gravité'', Éditions Passages(s), has won numerous awards in Europe and was translated into English by Bobby Theodore. He has translated several plays by Canadian playwrights, Jesse Stong's ''You Can Do Whatever You Want'' and
Waawaate Fobister Waawaate Fobister (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian actor, dancer, playwright, choreographer, instructor, producer and storyteller, best known for their semi-autobiographical one-man play, ''Agokwe.'' Early life Fobister grew up on the Grassy Narrow ...
's '' Agokwe''. His other plays have included ''Guide d’éducation sexuelle pour le nouveau millénaire''. His play ''La loi de la gravité'' was translated into German as ''Das Gesetz der Schwerkraft'' by Sonja Finck (Gatineau) and performed at the ''Theaterfestival Primeur'' in
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
in 2016.Festival frankophoner Gegenwartsdramatik
in German (French version available)


Works

* ''Nom fictifs''. Roman. Hamac, Quebec 2017


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