Roger Fournier Explained

Roger Fournier
Birth Date:22 October 1929
Birth Place:Saint-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director
Language:French
Notableworks: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.[1] 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,[1] 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.[2]

He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series Moi et l'autre and Bye Bye,[3] and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour.[3]

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Notes and References

  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. http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/passages/201206/11/01-4533665-roger-fournier-1929-2012-un-artiste-au-destin-improbable.php "Roger Fournier (1929-2012): un artiste au destin improbable"