Serge Lamothe

Serge Lamothe
Born	(1963-02-15) 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.
• Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, dramatist, directed by François Girard, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Montreal, 2016.

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, libretti 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 (in French)
• Reviews of Lamothe's work
• Serge Lamothe on IMDb