Larry Tremblay (born April 17, 1954 in Chicoutimi) is a Canadian
writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor
General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le Mangeur de
bicyclette at the 2003 Governor General's Awards and for L'Orangeraie
at the 2014 Governor General's Awards, and a nominee for the Governor
General's Award for French-language drama at the 1997 Governor
General's Awards for the published compilation of his plays Ogre and
Cornemuse.Several of his works have also been published in English
translations by Sheila Fischman, Linda Gaboriau, Keith Turnbull and
Chantal Bilodeau. The Bicycle Eater, Fischman's translation of Le
Mangeur de bicyclette, was also a nominee for the Governor General's
Award for French to English translation at the 2006 Governor General's
Awards.After completing a doctorate in theatre at the Université du
Québec à Montréal, he travelled to India to study kathakali, which
has remained an influence on his writing. Many of his plays focus on
characters confronting psychological trauma. In Le Déclic du destin,
a character progressively loses body parts; in The Dragonfly of
Chicoutimi, the central character recovers from aphasia only to learn
that while recovering his ability to speak he has lost his native
language; and in La Hache a university professor is driven insane by
his obsession with ideological purity in literature.Tremblay has also
taught acting at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor
General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le Mangeur de
bicyclette at the 2003 Governor General's Awards and for L'Orangeraie
at the 2014 Governor General's Awards, and a nominee for the Governor
General's Award for French-language drama at the 1997 Governor
General's Awards for the published compilation of his plays Ogre and
Cornemuse.Several of his works have also been published in English
translations by Sheila Fischman, Linda Gaboriau, Keith Turnbull and
Chantal Bilodeau. The Bicycle Eater, Fischman's translation of Le
Mangeur de bicyclette, was also a nominee for the Governor General's
Award for French to English translation at the 2006 Governor General's
Awards.After completing a doctorate in theatre at the Université du
Québec à Montréal, he travelled to India to study kathakali, which
has remained an influence on his writing. Many of his plays focus on
characters confronting psychological trauma. In Le Déclic du destin,
a character progressively loses body parts; in The Dragonfly of
Chicoutimi, the central character recovers from aphasia only to learn
that while recovering his ability to speak he has lost his native
language; and in La Hache a university professor is driven insane by
his obsession with ideological purity in literature.Tremblay has also
taught acting at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
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