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Suzanne Lebeau

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Suzanne Lebeau

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1948-04-28 (Montreal)
Nationality
Canadian, Québécois
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal → Paris → Wrocław → Longueuil

Career

Occupations
actor, writer, playwright
Active Years
1975-
Affiliations
Le Carrousel, Théâtre La Roulotte
Influenced By
Étienne Decroux, Henryk Tomaszewski, Jacques Crête, Gilles Maheu
Nominations
Molière Award finalist (2008)

Education

National Theatre School of Canada
Theatre
Country: Canada
as teacher

Awards

Governor General's Award for French-language drama
2006
Work: Le Bruit des os qui craquent
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
2016
Category: 生涯功労賞
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 受賞
Prix Athanase-David
2010
Result: 受賞
Prix Athanase-David
2013
Result: 受賞
Chalmers Children's Play Award
1983
Work: Les petits pouvoirs
Result: 受賞
Prix Francophonie Jeunesse
1996
Work: Salvador
Organization: Radio France Internationale
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Bruit des os qui craquent

2006 Drama

A play for children about the Rwandan genocide.

genocidehumanitychild's perspective

Ti-Jean voudrait ben s'marier, mais....

1975 Children's play

Her first children's play.

marriagechildren

Les petits pouvoirs

1983 Children's play

Salvador

1996 Drama

L'ogrelet

1997 Children's play

Bibliography

  • Une lune entre deux maisons (1979)
  • Les Petits Pouvoirs (1981)
  • Les petits pouvoirs (1983)
  • Contes d'enfants réels (1990)
  • Conte du jour et de la nuit (1991)
  • Salvador (1996)
  • L'ogrelet (1997)
  • Contes à rebours (1997)
  • Petit Pierre (2001)
  • Souliers de sable (2005)
  • Le Bruit des os qui craquent (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic language for childrenmime influences
Recurring Motifs
child's perspectiveharsh realities

Legacy

Leading Canadian playwright for children, lifetime achievement awards.

Trivia

  • Co-founded Le Carrousel theatre company in 1975.
  • Writer-in-residence at Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon in France 1993-1994.