{"id":3416,"date":"2025-03-24T19:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsculturesmassawippi.org\/robert-lalonde\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:27:53","slug":"robert-lalonde","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.artsculturesmassawippi.org\/en\/robert-lalonde\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert LALONDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716913446080{margin-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;background-color: #0f76a8 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1743101887174{padding-right: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 500; line-height: 24pt;\">Robert LALONDE &#8211; author-actor<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690830317511{padding-right: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1747232871401{padding-right: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>An exceptional artist, he successfully combines his career as a sensitive, generous actor with that of an accomplished writer<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A man of sharing, he has been teaching <strong>creative writing and dramatic interpretation<\/strong> for many years.<\/li>\n<li>He acts as a <strong>consultant and mentor<\/strong> to authors of all genres. His literary columns, lectures and appearances on numerous radio programs, most recently Radio-Canada&#8217;s \u00abR\u00e9fl\u00e9chir\u00bb, are much appreciated by all those who have the chance to read and hear him.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A citizen of North Hatley<\/strong>, he is active in his region as an artist, trainer, mentor and patron of the arts. In 2022, he helped found Arts-Cultures Massawippi.<\/li>\n<li>Drawing on over 30 years&#8217; experience as a trainer, he and ACM have developed progressive writing workshops, from idea to manuscript, which focus on the writing process as applied to each individual&#8217;s work and style. Several participants in these workshops have gone on to publish. All emphasize the master&#8217;s generosity, attentiveness and professionalism, as well as the fact that his approach is unlike anything else in the field.<\/li>\n<li>Regularly nominated for his literary works, this prolific author has published novels, short stories, poetry and notebooks that have won him a wide readership and numerous awards since his debut.<\/li>\n<li>His first novel, <em>La Belle \u00c9pouvante<\/em> (1981), won the Prix Robert-Cliche, and <em>Le Dernier \u00c9t\u00e9 des Indiens<\/em> (Seuil, 1982) won the Prix Jean-Mac\u00e9. <em>Le Petit Aigle \u00e0 t\u00eate blanche<\/em> (1994), his biggest critical and public success, won the Governor General&#8217;s Award and the Prix Jean-Hamelin the following year. Since the award&#8217;s inception in 2012, he has been a member of the Prix Herv\u00e9-Foulon jury. \u201cTu me rappelles un souffle\u201d, a correspondence with Jonathan Harnois.<\/li>\n<li>The Quebec government has just awarded him the <strong>Prix Athanase David<\/strong>, Quebec&#8217;s most important recognition of a writer&#8217;s career as a whole, his importance to the Quebec people and his international influence. His latest book, <em>On est de son enfance<\/em>, has just been published and is already being reprinted.<\/li>\n<li>Several of his books have been translated into English, Italian and Spanish.<\/li>\n<li>He has also written and participated in several literary plays, the latest of which, produced by Le Fil <strong><em>Un petit trottoir au-dessus de l&#8217;ab\u00eeme<\/em><\/strong>, was presented 2 nights at the Outremont and one night at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Lac Brome. <em><strong>Monsieur Bovary<\/strong><\/em>, the best-known, was directed by Lorraine Pintal and presented at the TNM and the Trident. It has also been published as a book. And most recently, Jack Kerouac&#8217;s <strong><em>Cosse-tu penses mon p&#8217;tit bonhomme<\/em><\/strong>, which has been a hit with audiences everywhere it&#8217;s been performed.<\/li>\n<li>His reputation as an actor is equally enviable.<\/li>\n<li>He is well known to television, film and theater audiences, having played leading roles in over 100 plays, dozens of television programs and numerous films.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Celebrated as an actor<\/strong>, he has appeared in over a hundred plays, including several landmark creations &#8211; <em>Les oranges sont vertes<\/em> by C Gauvreau, <em>Le Syndrome de C\u00e9zanne<\/em> by N Canac-Marquis, <strong>Best Actor Award<\/strong>, Quinzaine internationale de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, <em>Les Feluettes<\/em> by M-M Bouchard, <strong>Masque du meilleur com\u00e9dien<\/strong>, Acad\u00e9mie qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In cinema and television<\/strong>, he has played a wide variety of <strong>strong character roles in over fifty productions<\/strong>, including <em>Au secours de B\u00e9atrice<\/em>, for which he received a <strong>G\u00e9meaux nomination<\/strong>, and in several feature films.<\/li>\n<li>A film was also made of <em>C&#8217;est le c\u0153ur qui meurt en dernier<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;282&#8243; 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