François Tanguy
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François Tanguy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 June 1958 Caen, France |
| Died | 6 December 2022 (aged 64) Le Mans, France |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
François Tanguy (23 June 1958 – 6 December 2022) was a French theatre director.[1]
His father, a secretary of a college in the Paris suburbs, was part of an amateur theatre group close to Jacques Lassalle.[2] In 1982, he became director of the Théâtre du Radeau, founded in 1977. In 1985, the theatre moved to Le Mans and was renamed La Fonderie in 1992.[3]
Tanguy advocated for undocumented migrants in Bosnia, for which he led a hunger strike in 1995 alongside Ariane Mnouchkine and Olivier Py.[2]
In 2018, Tanguy received the Prix SACD.[4]
Tanguy died in Le Mans on 6 December 2022, at the age of 64.[5]
