| Françoise Loranger | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1913 Saint-Hilaire |
| Died | April 5, 1995 Montreal |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Simard(1), Jean Michaud(2) |
| Parent(s) | Joseph-Henri Loranger, Marguerite Lareau |
Françoise Loranger (June 18, 1913 – April 5, 1995) was a Canadian playwright, radio producer, theatrical writer and feminist. She was born in Saint-Hilaire.
Biography
Loranger left school at the age of 15, there being no public education provision in Québec for girls at the time. At the age of 17 she was writing short fiction for the magazine Revue Populaire. She started writing radio scripts in 1938, often collaborating with the poet, novelist and playwright Robert Choquette. 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). In 1965 she turned her attention to the theatre with the play Une maison … un jour, which toured France and Russia. She won the 1967 Governor General's Awards with Encore cinq minutes in the French "poetry or drama" section.
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
- ^ Forsyth, Louise (2005-04-25). "Françoise Loranger". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "La vie par-dessus tout". Théâtre / Françoise Loranger (in French). Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe inc. (Centre régional d'archives et de généalogie). Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Françoise Loranger (1913-1995)". Répertoire des auteurs dramatiques (in French). Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD). Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. 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 IMDb
- Canadian Encyclopedia
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