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Robert Marinier

b. 1954

Playwright working in Quebec

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Born 1954. Robert Marinier is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and theatre director.

Robert Marinier (born 1954 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian stage actor, playwright and television writer.

He was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 1997 Governor General's Awards for his play L'Insomnie. For the same play, he was also a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actor in a Play, Mid-Size Theatre division, in 1997.

His 2021 book Un conte de l'apocalypse was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for French Prose in 2022.

He has also been a television writer for the series The Smoggies, Météo+ and Les Bleus de Ramville.

Personal life Marinier attended high school at École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier.

Plays 1979 - Lafortune et Lachance 1980 - La Tante 1982 - L'Inconception 1984 - Les Rogers (with Robert Bellefeuille and Jean-Marc Dalpé) 1988 - En camisoles 1989 - Deuxième souffle (with Dan Lalande) 1993 - À la gauche de Dieu 1994 - L'Insomnie 1997 - But for the Grace of God... (English translation of À la gauche de Dieu) 1999 - Le golfeur et la mort 1999 - Contes sudburois (with Jean-Marc Dalpé, Robert Dickson, Paulette Gagnon, Michael Gauthier and Brigitte Haentjens) 2000 - Big Crunch 2000 - Univers 2000 - Je me souviens 2005 - Épinal

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1954, Greater Sudbury
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Who is Robert Marinier?

playwright working in Quebec

When was Robert Marinier born?

Robert Marinier was born in 1954 in Greater Sudbury.

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Robert Marinier is a playwright, screenwriter and theatre director.

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Robert Marinier is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Marinier

· Wikidata: Q3435860

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