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Olivier Choinière (born July 10, 1973) is a Canadian playwright from Granby, Quebec.[1] He is most noted as a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, receiving nominations at the 1998 Governor General's Awards for Le Bain des raines,[2] at the 2006 Governor General's Awards for Venise-en-Québec,[3] and at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Nom de domaine.[4]

A 1996 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, he wrote and staged his first theatrical play, Autodafé, in 1997.[1] His subsequent plays have included La légende du Manuel Sacré (1998), Les trains (1999), Soldats de bois (1999), Tsé-Tsé (2000), Agromorphobia (2001), Jocelyne est en dépression (2002), Beauté intérieure (2003), Félicité (2004), Chante avec moi (2010), Ennemi public (2015) and Zoé (2020).[1]

Félicité has been translated into English by Caryl Churchill as Bliss,[5] and Jocelyne est en dépression has been translated by Paula Wing as Jocelyne Is Under a Cloud Today.[6] Choinière has also translated a number of English language plays into French, including Darrell Dennis's Tales of an Urban Indian,[7] Joan MacLeod's The Shape of a Girl,[8] and Mark O'Rowe's Howie the Rookie.[9]

Sometimes described as a "theatre hacker",[10] his conventional plays have been interspersed with experiments in "gonzo theatre",[11] theatrical flash mobs, and podcasted "déambulatoire" plays.[10]

In 2014, he was awarded both the Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award[12] and the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.[10]

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