Jean Marc Dalpé

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Jean-Marc Dalpé is a Canadian author, primarily known for his work in drama. He received a Governor General's Literary Award in 1988 for his play Le Chien ("The Dog"). He was also recognized in 1999 for Il n'y a que l'amour: huit pièces en un acte, trois contes urbains, une conférence et un texte poétique pour une voix ("There Is Nothing But Love: Eight Plays in One Act, Three Urban Legends, One Meeting, and One Poetic Text for One Voice") and in 2000 for Un Vent se lève qui éparpille ("Scattered in a Rising Wind"). Dalpé's work contributes to the diverse landscape of contemporary Canadian literature, particularly within Quebec.12

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The Quiet Revolution of French Canadian minorities
…the 1980s and 1990s, both Jean Marc Dalpé (Le Chien [1987; “The Dog”]) and Michel Ouellette (French Town [1994]) won Canada’s Governor General’s Award for drama in French. Poet Patrice Desbiens explored the alienation of the Francophone minority in his bilingual poetry collection L’Homme invisible/The Invisible Man (1981). Novelist and…
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…the 1980s and 1990s, both Jean Marc Dalpé (Le Chien [1987; “The Dog”]) and Michel Ouellette (French Town [1994]) won Canada’s Governor General’s Award for drama in French. Poet Patrice Desbiens explored the alienation of the Francophone minority in his bilingual poetry collection L’Homme invisible/The Invisible Man (1981). Novelist and…
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