Françoise Loranger | |
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Born | June 18, 1913 |
Died | April 5, 1995 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Spouse(s) | Paul Simard(1), Jean Michaud(2) [1] |
Parent(s) | Joseph-Henri Loranger, Marguerite Lareau [2] |
Françoise Loranger (June 18, 1913 – April 5, 1995) was a Canadian playwright, radio producer, theatrical writer and feminist. She was born in Saint-Hilaire. [2] [3]
Loranger left school at the age of 15, there being no public education provision in Québec for girls at the time. [1] At the age of 17 she was writing short fiction for the magazine Revue Populaire. [3] She started writing radio scripts in 1938, often collaborating with the poet, novelist and playwright Robert Choquette. [2] In 1949 she published her first novel, Mathieu, which was a success with critics and the public. In the 1950s and 1960s she wrote many TV dramas, notably the series Sous le signe du lion (1961–62). [3] In 1965 she turned her attention to the theatre with the play Une maison … un jour, which toured France and Russia. [3] She won the 1967 Governor General's Awards with Encore cinq minutes in the French "poetry or drama" section. [4]
Loranger died in Montreal.