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Robert Marinier

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Robert Marinier
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor, dramatist, television writer
Period1980s – present
Notable worksL'Insomnie, Météo+

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.[1] 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.[2]

His 2021 book Un conte de l'apocalypse was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for French Prose in 2022.[3]

He has also been a television writer for the series The Smoggies, Météo+[4] and Les Bleus de Ramville.

Plays

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References

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  1. ^ "G-G short list proves puzzling Urquhart selection an early favourite, but where's Richler, Ricci, Tremblay?". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1997.
  2. ^ "Major Dora Mavor Moore nominations". Toronto Star, September 12, 1997.
  3. ^ Deborah Dundas, "Toronto writer Ann Shin wins $20,000 Trillium Prize for North Korean novel ‘The Last Exiles’". Toronto Star, June 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Météo + de retour pour une deuxième saison". L'Express Ottawa, October 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "The rogue beneath the sensitive male". Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 1987.
  6. ^ "The truth about illicit love: Robert Marinier's play about infidelities and middle-aged passions resurfaces in a new English-language translation". Ottawa Citizen, January 12, 1997.
  7. ^ "French theatre festival offers 15-day smorgasbord of plays". Ottawa Citizen, June 3, 1999.
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