François Godin is a Canadian actor and playwright from Quebec,[1] most noted as a two-time Governor General's Award nominee for French-language drama.

As an actor, he had early roles in the first touring production of Lilies (Les Feluettes) and the Montreal production of Les Misérables.[2] He appeared in Une soirée avec Jacques Brel for the Théâtre français de Toronto in 1993,[2] for which he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actor, Musical Theatre.[3] He wrote various radio dramas before premiering his first theatrical play, Il n’y a nulle part en Amérique, in 1994,[2] and continued to work principally as a musical theatre actor until premiering Louisiane Nord in 2004.[1]

Louisiane Nord was a Governor General's Award nominee at the 2005 Governor General's Awards.[4]

His third play, Je suis d'un would be pays, followed in 2007,[5] and received Godin's second GG nomination at the 2009 Governor General's Awards.[6]

He is a graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Claude Poissant, "Théâtre - La langue du dire dur". Le Devoir, February 14, 2004.
  2. 1 2 3 Gilbert David, "Fragments du désarroi de la Génération X". Le Devoir, February 5, 1994.
  3. ↑ "Dora Award nominations". Toronto Star, May 11, 1993.
  4. ↑ Stéphane Baillargeon, "Marie-Claire Blais encore finaliste - Soixante-neuf livres en lice pour les Prix du gouverneur général". Le Devoir, October 18, 2005.
  5. ↑ Pierre Dubuc, "Les deux visages du «would be pays»". Le Devoir, September 27, 2007.
  6. ↑ Chantal Guy, "Les finalistes aux Prix du Gouverneur général dévoilés". La Presse, October 14, 2009.
  7. ↑ Matt Radz, "Play travels on a torrent of words: Theatre pap knows how to handle poetic Louisiane nord". Montreal Gazette, February 28, 2004.


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