Serge Lamothe (born February 15, 1963) is a French-Canadian writer.

Education

He holds a master's degree in literature from

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxemb ...

in Quebec City.

Career

He was a member of the board and vice president, in 2005, of UNEQ (

Quebec Writers Union 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 ...

). From 2006 to 2015, he was a member of the board of the FIL (International Festival of Literature) in Montreal, Canada.

Theater

*''Le Prince de Miguasha'', radio play, Radio-Canada, 2003. *''Rapports intimes'', translation & adaptation of '' Intimate Exchanges'' by

Alan Ayckbourn Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2021, more than eighty full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of ...

, 2003. *''Le Procès de Kafka'', stage adaptation of ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' (german: Der Process, link=no, previously , and ) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and pr ...

'', by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

, 2004. *''Le fusil de chasse'', stage adaptation of ''The Hunting Gun'', by

Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include '' The Bullfight'' (''Tōgyū'', 1949), ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' (''Tenpyō no iraka' ...

, 2010. *''Kinkaku-ji'', stage adaptation of ''

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It was published in 1956 and translated into English by Ivan Morris in 1959. The novel is loosely based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Bud ...

'' by

Yukio Mishima , born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, Nationalism, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was ...

, directed by

Amon Miyamoto Amon Miyamoto (, born January 4, 1958, in Tokyo) has directed numerous productions in Japan and worldwide, from musicals, straight plays, opera, and kabuki as well as other art genres. In 2004, he became the first Japanese director to direct a m ...

, Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Tokyo, and

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, NYC, 2011. *''Waiting for Godot'', by

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, dramatist, directed by

François Girard François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Car ...

, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde,

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, 2016. *'' Underneath the Lintel'', by

Glen Berger Glen Berger is an American playwright and scriptwriter. He has received commissions from the Children’s Theater of Minneapolis, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Alley Theatre, and the Lookingglass Theater. In 2010, he co-wrote the book for '' Spi ...

, dramatist and translation to French (''Zebrina – Une pièce à conviction''), directed by

, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and Segal Centre,

, 2020.

Circus

* 2008 ''

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'', dramatist,

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, written and directed by François Girard, Tokyo. * 2011 ''

Zarkana ''Zarkana'' was a Cirque du Soleil stage production written and directed by François Girard. It began as a touring show in 2011 and was converted to a resident show in Las Vegas in late 2012. It premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York C ...

'', dramatist, Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by

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(NYC), Madrid Arena (Spain),

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(Moscow) and Aria Resort, Las Vegas.

Opera (with director François Girard)

* 2006 ''

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& Lindbergh's Flight'', dramaturg, libretti by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

, music by

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

Opéra National de Lyon The Opéra National de Lyon, marketed as Opéra de Lyon during the last decade, is an opera company in Lyon, based and performing mostly at the Opéra Nouvel, an 1831 theater that was modernized and architecturally transformed in 1993. The inaugu ...

, France. * 2010 '' Émilie'', dramaturg, libretto by

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ar, أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French"Amin ...

, music by

Kaija Saariaho Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Inter ...

, France. * 2012 ''

Parsifal ''Parsifal'' ( WWV 111) is an opera or a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is loosely based on the 13th-century Middle High German epic poem ''Parzival'' ...

'', dramaturg, libretto and music by

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

, Opéra national de Lyon, France,

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, New York (2013). * 2019 ''

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'', (''

Der Fliegende Holländer ' (''The Flying Dutchman''), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. The central theme is redemption through love. Wagner conducted the premiere at the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden in 1843. Wagner claim ...

''), dramaturg, libretto and music by

, Grand Théâtre de Québec. * 2020 ''

'', (''

''), dramaturg, libretto and music by

, New York.

Bibliography

*''La longue portée'', novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (1998). *''La tierce personne'', novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (2000). *''L'ange au berceau'', novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (2002). *''Les Baldwin'', novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (2004). *''The Baldwins'', novel, (English translation by Fred A. Reed & David Homel),

Talonbooks Talonbooks is an independent publisher of Canadian literature based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its repertoire features authors writing in the literary genres of poetry, fiction and drama, as well as non-fiction books in the fields of ethnogra ...

, Vancouver, (2006). *''Tu n'as que ce sang'', poetry, Mémoire d'encrier, Montreal, (2005). *''Le Procès de Kafka et Le Prince de Miguasha'', theater, Alto, Quebec, (2005). *''Tarquimpol'', novel, Alto, Quebec, (2007). *''Métarevers'', novel, Coups de tête, Montreal, (2009). *''Projet Perfecto'', short story, Alto, Quebec, (2010). *''Les Urbanishads'', poetry, Le lézard amoureux, Quebec, (2010). *''Le nid de l'aigle'', short stories, (photos by Sébastien Cliche) J'Ai Vu, Quebec, (2010). *''Les Enfants lumière'', novel, Alto, Quebec, (2012). *''Ma terre est un fond d'océan'', poetry, Mémoire d'encrier, Montreal, (2016). *''Mektoub'', novel, Alto, Quebec, (2016). * ''Oshima'', novel, Alto, Quebec, (2019) * ''Oshima'', novel, (Spanish translation by Evelio Miñano Martinez) Editorial Verbum, Madrid, (2021) * ''Des nouvelles de la posthistoire'', short stories, Le Lys Bleu, Paris, France, (2021) * ''Les Urbanishads et autres poèmes'', poetry (with drawings by the author) Stellamaris, Brest, France (2021)

Awards

*2003 Yves-Thériault Award from Radio-Canada for ''The Prince of Miguasha'', author *2006 Herald Angels Award for Best production

Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, spread over the final three weeks in August. Notable figures from the international world of music (especially classical music) and the performing arts are i ...

, pour ''Die sieben Todsünden
The Seven Deadly Sins'', directed by

, dramaturg *2008 Prix des libraires du Québec for the novel ''Tarquimpol'', finalist *2011 Kinokuniya Theatre Prize for ''Hunting Gun'', Japan, stage adaptation *2011

Yomiuri Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, a ...

for ''Hunting Gun'', Japan, stage adaptation *2012 Prix du Syndicat de la critique, Prix

Claude Rostand Claude Rostand (3 December 1912 – 9 October 1970) was a French musicologist, musicographer and music critic. Biography While studying literature and law at the Sorbonne, Rostand studied piano, harmony, counterpoint and musical compositio ...

, for ''Parsifal'', Lyon, France, dramaturg *2014 Diapason d'or from Diapason for the DVD of ''Parsifal'' at the MET, dramaturg *2016 Prix littéraire des collégiens for the novel ''Mektoub'', finalist *2019 Prix Opus, Concert of the year for Richard Wagner's ''Der Fliegende Holländer'', Opera Festival of Québec, dramaturg *2020 Prix des Horizons imaginaires for the novel ''Oshima'', finalist

References

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External links

Official site

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamothe, Serge 1963 births Living people 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 21st-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French poets Université Laval alumni French male poets French male novelists Writers from Quebec City 20th-century French translators 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers