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Writer
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Male
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Birth:
15 February 1963(Quebec City)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Serge Lamothe (born February 15, 1963) is a French-Canadian writer.
Education
He holds a master's degree in literature from Laval University in Quebec City.
Career
He was a member of the board and vice president, in 2005, of UNEQ (Quebec Writers Union). From 2006 to 2015, he was a member of the board of the FIL (International Festival of Literature) in Montreal, Canada.
Theater
- Le Prince de Miguasha, radio play, Radio-Canada, 2003.
- Rapports intimes, translation & adaptation of Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn, 2003.
- Le Procès de Kafka, stage adaptation of The Trial, by Franz Kafka, 2004.
- Le fusil de chasse, stage adaptation of The Hunting Gun, by Yasushi Inoue, 2010.
- Kinkaku-ji, stage adaptation of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, 2011.
Circus
- 2008 Zed, dramatist, Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by François Girard, Tokyo.
- 2011 Zarkana, dramatist, Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by François Girard, Radio City Music Hall (NYC), Madrid Arena (Spain), State Kremlin Palace (Moscow). Now a permanent show at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.
Opera
- 2006 The Seven Deadly Sins & Lindbergh's Flight, dramaturg, librettos by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill, Opéra National de Lyon, France.
- 2010 Émilie, dramaturg, libretto by Amin Maalouf, music by Kaija Saariaho, Opéra National de Lyon, France.
- 2012 Parsifal, dramaturg, libretto and music by Richard Wagner, Opéra national de Lyon, France, Metropolitan Opera, New York (2013).
Awards
- 2003 Yves-Thériault Award from Radio-Canada for The Prince of Miguasha, author
- 2011 Kinokuniya Theatre Prize for Hunting Gun, Japan, stage adaptation
- 2011 Yomiuri Prize for Hunting Gun, Japan, stage adaptation
- 2012 Prix du Syndicat de la critique, Prix Claude Rostand, for Parsifal, Lyon, France, dramaturg
- 2014 Diapason d'or from Diapason for the DVD of Parsifal at the MET, dramaturg