Roger Fournier
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BornOctober 22, 1929
Saint-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada
Occupationnovelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director
LanguageFrench
Roger Fournier | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1929 Saint-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | May 31, 2012 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director |
| Language | French |
| Years active | 1960s-1990s |
| Notable works | Le cercle des arènes, A Day in a Taxi |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Prix France-Québec |
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]
