Roger Fournier

• Name — Roger Fournier • Born — 22 October 1929 • Birthplace — Saint-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada • Died — 31 May 2012 • Place of death — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director • Language — French • Notable Works — Le cercle des arènes, A Day in a Taxi • Awards — Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Prix France-Québec • Years Active — 1960s-1990s Roger Fournier (October 22, 1929 - May 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and television director. He was most noted for his novel Le cercle des arènes, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix France-Québec in 1982, and his screenplay for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983. He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series Moi et l'autre and Bye Bye, and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour.

• Inutile et adorable (1963) • À nous deux! (1965) • Les Filles à Mounne (1966) • Journal d'un jeune marié (1967) • La voix (1968) • L'innocence d'Isabelle (1969) • Heads or Tails (Pile ou face) - 1971 • Gilles Vigneault, mon ami (1972) • La marche des grands cocus (1972) • Moi, mon corps, mon âme, Montréal, etc. (1974) • Les cornes sacrées (1977) • Pour l'amour de Sawinne (1984) • Les sirènes du Saint-Laurent (1984) • Chair Satan (1989) • La Danse éternelle (1991) • Le retour de Sawinne (1992) • Gaïagyne (1994) • Les mauvaises pensées (1996) • Le pied - contes érotiques et très cruels (1996) • Le Stomboat (1999) • Les miroirs de mes nuits (2000)