Françoise Loranger
| Françoise Loranger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 18, 1913 Saint-Hilaire |
| Died |
April 5, 1995 Montreal |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Simard(1), Jean Michaud(2)[1] |
| Parent(s) | Joseph-Henri Loranger, Marguerite Lareau[2] |
Françoise Loranger (June 18, 1913 – April 5, 1995) was a Canadian playwright, radio producer, theatrical writer and feminist. She was born in Saint-Hilaire.[2][3]
Biography
Loranger left school at the age of 15, there being no public education provision in Québec for girls at the time.[1] At the age of 17 she was writing short fiction for the magazine Revue Populaire.[3] She started writing radio scripts in 1938, often collaborating with the poet, novelist and playwright Robert Choquette.[2] In 1949 she published her first novel, Mathieu, which was a success with critics and the public. In the 1950s and 1960s she wrote many TV dramas, notably the series Sous le signe du lion (1961–62).[3] In 1965 she turned her attention to the theatre with the play Une maison … un jour, which toured France and Russia.[3] She won the 1967 Governor General's Awards with Encore cinq minutes in the French "poetry or drama" section.[4]
Loranger died in Montreal.
Selected works
- Mathieu (1949)
Theatre
- Une maison … un jour (1963)
- Encore cinq minutes (1966)
- Double jeu (1967)
- Le chemin du roy en collaboration avec Claude Levac (1967-1978)
- Médium saignant (1969)
- Jour après jour (1971)
- Un si bel automne (1971)
- La dame de cent ans (1995)
TV
- Georges … oh! Georges ou Jour après Jour (1958)
- La dame de cent ans (1978)
- Sous le signe du lion (1993)
References
- 1 2 Forsyth, Louise (2005-04-25). "Françoise Loranger". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- 1 2 3 "La vie par-dessus tout". Théâtre / Françoise Loranger (in French). Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe inc. (Centre régional d'archives et de généalogie). Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- 1 2 3 4 "Françoise Loranger (1913-1995)". Répertoire des auteurs dramatiques (in French). Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD). Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ↑ "Loranger, Françoise". L’île (in French). l'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
External links
- Forsyth, Louise. "Françoise Loranger". The Literary Encyclopedia. Ed. Robert Clark, Emory Elliott and Janet Todd.
- Works by Françoise Loranger at Open Library
- Françoise Loranger at the Internet Movie Database
- Canadian Encyclopedia