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Canadian playwright (born 1978)

David Paquet
Born	1978
Occupation	playwright
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2000s-present
Notable works	Porc-épic

David Paquet is a Canadian playwright, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards, and the Prix Michel-Tremblay, for his play Porc-épic.

His other plays have included 2h14, Appels entrants illimités, Le brasier and Papiers mâchés.

He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

He won a second Governor General's Award for drama at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Le poids des fourmis.

References

Bio David Paquet
"Remise des Prix du GG et du Grand Prix du livre de Montréal - L'année des premiers romans". Le Devoir, November 17, 2010.
"Quebec playwrights honoured". Montreal Gazette, December 7, 2010.
"2 h 14: requiem pour la vie". La Presse, January 27, 2013.
"Appels entrants illimités: trouver sa place". La Presse, November 24, 2013.
"« Le brasier », de David Paquet, une pièce sur les névroses qui coulent de génération en génération". Le Soir, December 5, 2012.
^ «Papiers mâchés» : l'auteur David Paquet s'éclatera seul sur les planches. Huffington Post, May 11, 2015.
Laila Maalouf, "Alain Farah remporte le Prix du Gouverneur général". La Presse, November 16, 2022.

v t e Winners of the Governor General's Award for English-language drama
1980s	Sharon Pollock, Blood Relations (1981) John Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War (1982) Anne Chislett, Quiet in the Land (1983) Judith Thompson, White Biting Dog (1984) George F. Walker, Criminals in Love (1985) Sharon Pollock, Doc (1986) John Krizanc, Prague (1987) George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred (1988) Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark (1989)
1990s	Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (1990) Joan MacLeod, Amigo's Blue Guitar (1991) John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night (1992) Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas (1993) Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth (1994) Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head (1995) Colleen Wagner, The Monument (1996) Ian Ross, fareWel (1997) Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet (1998) Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy (1999)
2000s	Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex (2000) Kent Stetson, The Harps of God (2001) Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918) (2002) Vern Thiessen, Einstein's Gift (2003) Morris Panych, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (2004) John Mighton, Half Life (2005) Daniel MacIvor, I Still Love You (2006) Colleen Murphy, The December Man (2007) Catherine Banks, Bone Cage (2008) Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes (2009)
2010s	Robert Chafe, Afterimage (2010) Erin Shields, If We Were Birds (2011) Catherine Banks, It Is Solved by Walking (2012) Nicolas Billon, Fault Lines: Three Plays (2013) Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays (2014) David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave (2015) Colleen Murphy, Pig Girl (2016) Hiro Kanagawa, Indian Arm (2017) Jordan Tannahill, Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom (2018) Amanda Parris, Other Side of the Game (2019)
2020s	Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story (2020) Hannah Moscovitch, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (2021) Dorothy Dittrich, The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key (2022) Cliff Cardinal, As You Like It: A Radical Retelling (2023) Caleigh Crow, There Is Violence and There Is Righteous Violence and There Is Death, or the Born-Again Crow (2024)

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