François Godin is a Canadian actor and playwright from Quebec,Claude Poissant, "Théâtre - La langue du dire dur". Le Devoir, February 14, 2004. most noted as a two-time Governor General's Award nominee for French-language drama.
As an actor, he had early roles in the first touring production of Lilies (Les Feluettes) and the Montreal production of Les Misérables.Gilbert David, "Fragments du désarroi de la Génération X". Le Devoir, February 5, 1994. He appeared in Une soirée avec Jacques Brel for the Théâtre français de Toronto in 1993, for which he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actor, Musical Theatre."Dora Award nominations". Toronto Star, May 11, 1993. He wrote various radio dramas before premiering his first theatrical play, Il n’y a nulle part en Amérique, in 1994, and continued to work principally as a musical theatre actor until premiering Louisiane Nord in 2004.
Louisiane Nord was a Governor General's Award nominee at the 2005 Governor General's Awards.Stéphane Baillargeon, "Marie-Claire Blais encore finaliste - Soixante-neuf livres en lice pour les Prix du gouverneur général". Le Devoir, October 18, 2005.
His third play, Je suis d'un would be pays, followed in 2007,Pierre Dubuc, "Les deux visages du «would be pays»". Le Devoir, September 27, 2007. and received Godin's second GG nomination at the 2009 Governor General's Awards.Chantal Guy, "Les finalistes aux Prix du Gouverneur général dévoilés". La Presse, October 14, 2009.
He is a graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal.Matt Radz, "Play travels on a torrent of words: Theatre pap knows how to handle poetic Louisiane nord". Montreal Gazette, February 28, 2004.
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