15 Facts About Michel Tremblay

Michel Tremblay was born on 25 June 1942 and is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright.

Michel Tremblay's early plays, including Hosanna and La Duchesse de Langeais, challenged the boundaries of French Canadian society.

Until the Quiet Revolution of the early 1960s, Michel Tremblay saw Quebec as a poor, working-class province dominated by an English-speaking elite and the Roman Catholic Church.

Michel Tremblay's work was part of a vanguard of liberal, nationalist thought that helped create an essentially modern society.

Michel Tremblay is considered one of the best playwrights for women.

Michel Tremblay's work has been translated into many languages, including Yiddish, and including such works as Sainte-Carmen de la Main, C'ta ton tour, Laura Cadieux, and Forever Yours, Marilou.

Michel Tremblay has been openly gay throughout his public life, and he has written many novels and plays centred on gay characters.

Michel Tremblay later published the Plateau Mont-Royal Chronicles, a cycle of six novels including The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant and The Duchess and the Commoner.

For many years, Michel Tremblay has believed that the only reasonable solution for Quebec is to separate from Canada.

Michel Tremblay made it clear that that did not mean that he agreed with bilingualism, calling it "stupid" and stating that he thought it ridiculous to expect a housewife in Vancouver to be fluent in both English and French.

Michel Tremblay has received numerous awards in recognition of his work.

Michel Tremblay received the Lieutenant-Governor's award for Ontario in 1976 and 1977.

Michel Tremblay was named the "Montrealais le plus remarquable des deux dernieres decennies dans le domaine du theatre".

Michel Tremblay is a recipient of the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France.

In 1999, Michel Tremblay received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.