Writer and actress Evelyne de la Chenelière is an essential figure in the Quebec theatre and playwriting scene. Her plays, translated and performed in Quebec and Canada as well as elsewhere in the world, question the limits of language and the experience of writing. In 2017 she was a finalist for the Siminovitch Prize for excellence and innovation in Canadian theatre. Her play Bashir Lazhar was adapted into a film by director Philippe Falardeau under the title Monsieur Lazhar and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Her most recent play, Le traitement de la nuit, was directed by Denis Marleau in Montreal, and produced in Frankfurt in a German translation. It was also presented in a staged reading at the Comédie Française in Paris. Louise H. Forsyth (1935-2024) was a trailblazing academic who specialized in French Canadian literature and taught drama, poetry, and women's and gender studies at Western University and the University of Saskatchewan.
She was a founding member of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research and held several administrative positions throughout her career. Her many published articles, books, translations, and scholarly papers on Québec women playwrights and poets includes the three-volume Anthology of Québec Women's Plays in English Translation, Marie Savard's Bien à moi (Mine Sincerely), Nicole Brossard: Essays on her Works, and Mobility of Light: The Poetry of Nicole Brossard.
Her most recent play, Le traitement de la nuit, was directed by Denis Marleau in Montreal, and produced in Frankfurt in a German translation. It was also presented in a staged reading at the Comédie Française in Paris. Louise H. Forsyth (1935-2024) was a trailblazing academic who specialized in French Canadian literature and taught drama, poetry, and women's and gender studies at Western University and the University of Saskatchewan.
She was a founding member of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research and held several administrative positions throughout her career. Her many published articles, books, translations, and scholarly papers on Québec women playwrights and poets includes the three-volume Anthology of Québec Women's Plays in English Translation, Marie Savard's Bien à moi (Mine Sincerely), Nicole Brossard: Essays on her Works, and Mobility of Light: The Poetry of Nicole Brossard.
