Roger Fournier
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.
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
- Awards
- Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Prix France-Québec
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Laval University
- Honours
- Prix Québec-Paris · Governor General's Award for French-language fiction · Louis Barthou Prize
- Languages
- French
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Roger Fournier (1929 – 2012) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Roger Fournier was born in 1929 and died in 2012.
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• 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
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Filmography
• 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)
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- 1."L'écrivain Roger Fournier est décédé". Le Téléjournal, June 1, 2012.
- 2."Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
- 3."Roger Fournier (1929-2012): un artiste au destin improbable". La Presse, June 11, 2012.
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