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* [http://www.repere.tv Les repères de Languirand]
* [http://www.repere.tv Les repères de Languirand]
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/emissions/emission.asp?numero=26 ''Par 4 chemins''' official site]
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/emissions/emission.asp?numero=26 ''Par 4 chemins''' official site]
* [http://radio-canada.ca/par4/index.html Radio-Canada's site for ''Par 4 chemins'']
* [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/webarchives/20061030035931/http://www.radio-canada.ca/par4/index.html Radio-Canada's site for ''Par 4 chemins'']
* Interviews and references on [[Stéphan Bureau]]'s site: [http://www.contacttv.net/i_presentation.php?id_rubrique=532 Contact]
* Interviews and references on [[Stéphan Bureau]]'s site: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721090243/http://contacttv.net/i_presentation.php?id_rubrique=532 Contact]
* [http://agora.qc.ca/reftext.nsf/Documents/Jacques_Languirand--Jacques_Languirand__une_biographie_de_Claude_Paquette_par_Helene_Laberge Analysis of Languirand's biography]
* [http://agora.qc.ca/reftext.nsf/Documents/Jacques_Languirand--Jacques_Languirand__une_biographie_de_Claude_Paquette_par_Helene_Laberge Analysis of Languirand's biography]
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/profondeur/21123.html ''Les 4 chemins de Jacques Languirand'', Jacques Bouchard's radio show]
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/profondeur/21123.html ''Les 4 chemins de Jacques Languirand'', Jacques Bouchard's radio show]

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Jacques Languirand
Jacques Languirand in 2015
Born (1931-05-01) 1 May 1931 (age 93)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationCommunicator
Years active1949–present

Jacques Languirand (born May 1, 1931) is a radio host, writer, actor and director.

He has been at the microphone for the same radio show, Par 4 chemins on Radio-Canada, for 42 years. He was awarded the C.M. (

Officer of the Order of Canada) on May 8, 2003 for his services to communications in Canada.[1]

In 2012, audiences have seen him as the lead actor of

Mars et Avril, a science fiction film based on the graphic novels of the same name.[2][3]

Awards

  • 1956: Sir Barry Jackson Award for Les Insolites
  • 1956: Laflèche Award for Le Dictionnaire insolite
  • 1962:
    Governor General's Award
    for Les Insolites and Les Violons de l’automne
  • 1968: Commonwealth Arts Festival Award for Klondyke
  • 1978: The Librarian Award for La Voie initiatique
  • 1987:
    Member of the Order of Canada
  • 1998: Award from Quebec's Philosophers Company
  • 1998: Year's best communicator from The International Association of Communication Professionals
  • 2001: Special Jury's Award of the
    Onassis Foundation
    for Faust et les radicaux libres.
  • 2002:
    Honoris Causa Doctorate from McGill University
  • 2003:
    Officer of the Order of Canada
  • 2004: Knight of National Order of Quebec
  • 2004: Georges-Émile-Lapalme Award for exceptional use of the French language
  • 2006: 31st member of the Phoenix Circle for the environnement
  • 2006: Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts
  • 2008: Knight of the Pléiade Order, Francophonie Order and Dialogue of cultures
  • 2009: Member of the Monique-Fitz-back Circle

Bibliography

Theatre plays

  • 1956: Les Insolites
  • 1956: Le Roi ivre
  • 1957: Les Grands Départs
  • 1957: Le Gibet
  • 1958: Diogène
  • 1960: Les Violons de l'automne
  • 1962: Les Cloisons
  • 1963: Klondyke
  • 1966-1970: Man Inc.
  • 2001: Faust et les radicaux libres
  • 2012: Feedback

Opera

  • 1966: Louis Riel

Essays

  • 1960: J'ai découvert Tahiti et les îles du bonheur
  • 1962: Le Dictionnaire insolite
  • 1972: De McLuhan à Pythagore
  • 1978: La Voie initiatique : le sens caché de la vie
  • 1979: Vivre sa vie (adapted from the TV series)
  • 1980: Mater materia
  • 1981: Vivre ici maintenant (adapted from the TV series)
  • 1984: Réincarnation et karma (in collaboration with Placide Gaboury)
  • 1987: Prévenir le burn-out (also published under the title Vaincre le mal-être by
    Albin Michel
    )
  • 1989: A comme Aubergine : 108 recettes sans viande (in collaboration with Yolande Languirand)
  • 1989-1991: Par 4 chemins (adapted from the radio show)
  • 1998: Les Voyages de Languirand ou le journal de Prospéro
  • 2001: Presque tout Languirand – Théâtre
  • 2008: Le Dieu cosmique : À la recherche du Dieu d'Einstein (in collaboration with Jean Proulx)
  • 2009: L’héritage spirituel amérindien. Le grand mystère (in collaboration with Jean Proulx)

Novel

  • 1963: Tout compte fait

Filmography

  • 1968: Kid Sentiment
  • 1994: La Vie d'un héros ... Monsieur le juge
  • 1997:
    J'en suis!
     ... Igor de Lonsdale
  • 1998: Le Lépidoptère (short film) ... Voice On The Radio (voice)
  • 1999: Le Grand serpent du monde
  • 2002: Alice's Odyssey ... Père Noël
  • 2007: La chambre bleue (short film) ... Narrator (voice)
  • 2012:
    Mars et Avril
     ... Jacob Obus

Television

  • 1957: Le Colombier (TV series) ... Le mari de Grandmont
  • 2004-2007: Le Rebut Global ... Le philosophe
  • 2011-2012: "Les Repères de Languirand" ... Host

References

  1. ^ Jacques Languirand's biography on IMDb
  2. The Gazette
    , October 12, 2012
  3. ^ Mars and April // Mars & Avril, review from Variety, July 16, 2012

Further reading

  • Nardocchio, Elaine (December 22, 2009). "Jacques Languirand's Biography". JRank. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

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