Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2020-10-21
Invested on: 2023-10-26
Jean Marc Dalpé, C.M.
Montréal, Quebec
Renowned playwright Jean Marc Dalpé has enriched the Canadian Francophonie. Co-founder of the Théâtre de la Vieille 17 and key contributor to the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, he has written numerous acclaimed plays, poetry anthologies, novels and literary translations, including Le Chien and Un vent se lève qui éparpille. Although he has been active on the Montréal scene for the past 30 years, his pen continues to convey the Franco-Ontarian experience and oral tradition, which he has shared both here and in Europe. He is also well known as an actor and nurtures emerging talent as an educator.