biography
pronunciation:
[trãblay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1942– )
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Montreal, Quebec, SE Canada. His first play, Le Train (1959), won a Radio-Canada award. Les Belles-Soeurs (1968, The Sisters-in-law) is written in the street language, joual. Many consider Le Vrai Monde (1987, The Real World), his 19th play written in as many years, his most important work to date. A new departure was his opera Nelligan (1990), with music by André Gagnon. |
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