Jean-Rock Gaudreault Explained

Jean-Rock Gaudreault
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:Jonquière, Quebec
Occupation:writer
Nationality:Canadian
Genre:drama
Notableworks:Deux pas vers les étoiles

Jean-Rock Gaudreault (born 1972 in Jonquière, Quebec) is a Canadian playwright. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2003 Governor General's Awards for Deux pas vers les étoiles,[1] and was a shortlisted nominee at the 2005 Governor General's Awards for Pour ceux qui croient que la Terre est ronde[2] and at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Jouez, Monsieur Molière!.[3]

His other plays have included La Raccourcie, La Maladie fantastique, Une maison face au nord, Comment parler de Dieu à un enfant pendant que le monde pleure and Mathieu trop court, François trop long.

He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Notes and References

  1. "Expatriate wins fiction prize". Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2003.
  2. "No Giller picks on G-G short list". The Globe and Mail, October 18, 2005.
  3. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/governor-generals-literary-awards-announces-finalists/article26696187/ "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists"