Serge Lamothe

Serge Lamothe
Born	February 15, 1963 Quebec, (Quebec), Canada
Occupation	Novelist, poet, dramaturg, translator
Nationality	Canadian and French
Citizenship	Born Canadian, acquired French citizenship in 2003

Serge Lamothe (born February 15, 1963) is a French-Canadian writer.

Education

He holds a master's degree in literature from Laval University in Quebec City.

Career

He was a member of the board and vice president, in 2005, of UNEQ (Quebec Writers Union). From 2006 to 2015, he was a member of the board of the FIL (International Festival of Literature) in Montreal, Canada.

Theater

• Le Prince de Miguasha, radio play, Radio-Canada, 2003.
• Rapports intimes, translation & adaptation of Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn, 2003.
• Le Procès de Kafka, stage adaptation of The Trial, by Franz Kafka, 2004.
• Le fusil de chasse, stage adaptation of The Hunting Gun, by Yasushi Inoue, 2010.
• Kinkaku-ji, stage adaptation of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, 2011.

Circus

• 2008 Zed, dramatist, Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by François Girard, Tokyo.
• 2011 Zarkana, dramatist, Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by François Girard, Radio City Music Hall (NYC), Madrid Arena (Spain), State Kremlin Palace (Moscow). Now a permanent show at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.

Opera

• 2006 The Seven Deadly Sins & Lindbergh's Flight, dramaturg, librettos by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill, Opéra National de Lyon, France.
• 2010 Émilie, dramaturg, libretto by Amin Maalouf, music by Kaija Saariaho, Opéra National de Lyon, France.
• 2012 Parsifal, dramaturg, libretto and music by Richard Wagner, Opéra national de Lyon, France, Metropolitan Opera, New York (2013).

Bibliography

• La longue portée, novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (1998). ISBN 2-89502-103-1
• La tierce personne, novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (2000). ISBN 2-89502-135-X
• L'ange au berceau, novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (2002). ISBN 2-89502-172-4
• Les Baldwin, novel, L'instant même, Quebec, (2004). ISBN 2-89502-196-1
• The Baldwins, novel, (Translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel), Talonbooks, Vancouver, (2006). ISBN 0-88922-544-3
• Tu n'as que ce sang, poetry, Mémoire d'encrier, Montreal, (2005). ISBN 2-923153-44-8
• Le Procès de Kafka et Le Prince de Miguasha, theater, Alto, Quebec, (2005). ISBN 2-89518-222-1
• Tarquimpol, novel, Alto, Quebec, (2007). ISBN 978-2-923550-04-6
• Métarevers, novel, Coups de tête, Montreal, (2009). ISBN 978-2-923603-12-4
• Projet Perfecto, short story, Alto, Quebec, (2010). ISBN 978-2-923550-39-8
• Les Urbanishads, poetry, Le lézard amoureux, Quebec, (2010). ISBN 978-2-923398-17-4
• Le nid de l'aigle, short stories, (photos by Sébastien Cliche) J'Ai Vu, Quebec, (2010). ISBN 978-2-922763-30-0
• Les Enfants lumière, novel, Alto, Quebec, (2012). ISBN 978-2-89694-078-3
• Ma terre est un fond d'océan, poetry, Mémoire d'encrier, Montreal, (2016). ISBN 978-2-89712-417-5
• Mektoub, novel, Alto, Quebec, (2016). ISBN 978-2-89694-290-9

Awards

• 2003 Yves-Thériault Award from Radio-Canada for The Prince of Miguasha, author
• 2011 Kinokuniya Theatre Prize for Hunting Gun, Japan, stage adaptation
• 2011 Yomiuri Prize for Hunting Gun, Japan, stage adaptation
• 2012 Prix du Syndicat de la critique, Prix Claude-Rostand, for Parsifal, Lyon, France, dramaturg
• 2014 Diapason d'or from Diapason for the DVD of Parsifal at the MET, dramaturg

References

• "Tarquimpol". Canoe.com. April 26, 2007.
• Canadian Literature (December 8, 2011). "The Baldwins by Serge Lamothe; Sleeping on the Moon by Sylvia Adams; Moving Day by Terence Young; | Book reviews | Canadian Literature". Canlit.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
• New York Arts (March 30, 2013). "Francois Girard's New Production of Wagner's Parsifal at the Met".

External links

• Official site (French)
• Reviews of Lamothe's work
• Serge Lamothe at the Internet Movie Database