Marc Robitaille is a Canadian screenwriter, novelist and sportswriter.Gabriel Anctil, "Une enfance bleu-blanc-rouge". Le Devoir, August 7, 2021. He is most noted for his work on the films Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver), for which he and François Bouvier received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 20th Genie Awards"Sunshine leads the field for the Genie Awards". Calgary Herald, December 8, 1999. and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 2nd Jutra Awards, and The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland), for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
Winter Stories was an adaptation of Robitaille's own novel Des histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des écoles et du hockey."A winter's tale: Histoires d'Hiver sets coming-of-age during '66-'67 hockey season". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 1999. His second novel, Un été sans point ni coup sûr, was subsequently adapted into the film A No-Hit No-Run Summer.Michel Defoy, "Un été sans point ni coup sûr / Francis Leclerc : Enfants de la balle". Voir, July 31, 2008.
Robitaille has also written several non-fiction books on the history of the Montreal Expos and the Montreal Canadiens, including Une enfance bleu-blanc-rouge (2000), Une vue du champ gauche (2003), Il était une fois les Expos, Tome 1 : Les années 1969-1984 (2009) and Il était une fois les Expos, Tome 2 : Les années 1985-2004 (2011).Kamila Hinkson, "50 years ago, the Expos made their Montreal debut". CBC News Montreal, April 14, 2019.
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