Quebec theater man Normand Chaurette has died. The one who was said to have written “unplayable” texts, but not without success, was 68 years old.
“Quebec is losing another of its finest jewels,” commented playwright Michel Tremblay on the Internet when announcing the news. Other media confirmed the information.
Born in Montreal on July 9, 1954, Normand Chaurette had a long career as a playwright, but also in writing short stories and essays.
He writes his first play, Dream of a hospital night, while he is finishing his studies in literature at the University of Montreal. This radio play will be repeated later on stage. This text inspired by the childhood and internment of the poet Émile Nelligan won him the Paul-Gilson prize in 1976.
From these first writings, he traced the contours of what would become of Quebec theater in the 1980s. same.
Normand Chaurette then maintained a dialogue with Shakespeare from the end of the 1980s. He translated ten works by the “immortal bard”. “Shakespeare is the father”, he told the To have to last year.
The Quebec playwright continued to enjoy success in the 1990s and 2000s. These plays Indiana Passage, Le Petit Kochël and What dies last have all earned him Governor General’s Awards.
He also knew how to find his audience abroad with the piece The Métis Society, performed in Italy, and The Queens which was the first Canadian play performed at the Comédie Française.