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Michel Tremblay

ミシェル・トレンブレー

Misheru Toremuburē

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-06-25 （Montreal, Quebec, Canada）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
French
Residence History
Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, playwright
Active Years
1964-2024

Awards

Prix Victor-Morin
1974
Result: 受賞
Prix France-Québec
1984
Result: 受賞
Chalmers Award
1986
Result: 受賞
Molson Prize
1994
Result: 受賞
National Order of Quebec
1991
Category: Chevalier
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: 受賞
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
1994
Category: Chevalier
Organization: Government of France
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
1999
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Belles-sœurs

1968 play

A groundbreaking play depicting working-class women using joual dialect.

joual dialectworking-class lifeQuebec society
Translations
  • Scots version: The Guid-Sisters

À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou

1970 play

A play about family tragedy.

familyloss

La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte

1978 novel

First novel in the Plateau Mont-Royal Chronicles.

neighborspregnancy

Albertine, en cinq temps

1984 play

A woman's life in five times.

woman's life

Le Vrai Monde ?

1987 play

Play centered on gay characters.

gay themesidentity

Encore une fois, si vous permettez

1998 play

Comedic play about memories of his mother.

motherhoodnostalgia

Bibliography

  • Contes pour buveurs attardés
  • La Cité dans l'œuf
  • C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux
  • Plateau Mont-Royal Chronicles
  • The Notebook Trilogy

Translations of Works

  • Yiddish and many other languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
use of joual dialectcolloquial languagerealism
Recurring Motifs
strong womengay charactersQuebec working class

Legacy

A giant of Quebec literature who revolutionized Canadian theatre by introducing joual dialect. Recipient of numerous awards, with works translated into many languages.

Archives

  • Library and Archives Canada

In Popular Culture

  • In 2024, a plaza-playground in Plateau-Mont-Royal named Place de l'Ange-Cornu in honor of his book.

Quotes

  • I know what I want in the theatre. I want a real political theatre, but I know that political theatre is dull. I write fables.
    Source: CBC interview (1978)

Trivia

  • Openly gay throughout his public life.
  • Refused the Order of Canada in 1990.
  • Does not know how to drive a car at age 45 (as of 1987).
  • Supporter of Quebec sovereignty.