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Michel Marc Bouchard

ミシェル・マルク・ブーシャール

Misheru Maruku Būshāru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-02-02 （Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec）
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Quebec

Career

Occupations
playwright, librettist, screenwriter
Active Years
1983-
Affiliations
Les deux mondes

Education

University of Ottawa
Theatre
Country: Canada
studied theatre

Awards

Order of Canada
Category: OC
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: 受章
National Order of Quebec
2012
Category: 騎士
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: 受章
Prix Athanase-David
2021
Category: 文学生涯功労
Organization: Quebec Government
Result: 受賞
Blue Metropolis Violet Prize
2023
Category: LGBTQ作家
Organization: Blue Metropolis
Result: 受賞
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play
Category: Outstanding New Play
Result: 受賞
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lilies

1987 play

In a 1920s Quebec Catholic boys' reform school, inmates stage a play about a forbidden love from their past.

homosexualityatonementsecretsCatholicism
Adaptations
  • [film] Lilies / John Greyson (1996)
  • [opera] Les Feluettes (2016)

The Orphan Muses

1985 play

After their mother's death, four sisters reunite, unleashing family secrets and emotional turmoil.

family dysfunctionlossrevenge
Adaptations
  • [film] The Orphan Muses / Robert Favreau (2000)

Tom at the Farm

2011 play

Tom visits his lover's farm for the funeral and gets entangled in the family's madness and lies.

homosexualityidentityviolencedeception
Adaptations
  • [film] Tom at the Farm / Xavier Dolan (2013)
Translations
  • Ukrainian translation

The Night Logan Woke Up

2019 play

A story of family trauma and secrets, adapted into a TV series.

familytraumagenerational conflict
Adaptations
  • [TV series] The Night Logan Woke Up / Xavier Dolan (2022)

Translations of Works

  • Ukrainian translations of Tom at the Farm and Christine, la reine-garçon

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic languagedramatic dialoguesymbolic techniques
Recurring Motifs
repressed desiregay relationshipsCatholic guiltfamily secrets

Legacy

Prominent Quebec playwright renowned for bold LGBTQ+ themes. Numerous works adapted into films, operas, and TV. Recipient of multiple national honors, significantly influencing contemporary Canadian theatre.

Archives

  • Library and Archives Canada (Fonds Michel Marc Bouchard)

In Popular Culture

  • Adaptations by Xavier Dolan into films and TV

Trivia

  • Wrote libretti for three operas: Les Feluettes, La beauté du monde, La Reine-garçon.
  • 2024 marks his first original screenplay not based on his plays: We'll Find Happiness.