Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay is a French-Canadian playwright and novelist. He is primarily known for his work depicting the lives of everyday Quebecois characters and capturing regional cadences of speech.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Tremblay grew up in the blue-collar neighborhood of Plateau Mont-Royal. Here, he was immersed in the French dialect called joual, which went on to play a prominent role in almost all of his works. Les Belles-Soeurs was Tremblay's first play to be produced professionally....
