Geneviève Billette
Geneviève Billette is a Quebec writer and translator. She was born in Quebec City and received a BA from the Université de Montréal. Billette went on to study at the National Theatre School of Canada. She has written radio plays for Radio Canada. She was writer in residence for Théâtre Carrousel and at the Festival International des Théâtres Francophones in Limoges, France. Billette has also translated plays by several Mexican playwrights into French. Her work has been performed in France, in Mexico and in Switzerland. Selected works Crime contre l'humanité (1999), shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama; translated into English as Crime Against Humanity Le Goûteur (2002) Le Pays des genoux, received the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, the Prix Paul-Gilson and the Prix Gratien-Gélinas Les ours dorment enfin (2010), shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and received the Prix Annick-Lansman Contre le temps (2012), received the Governor General's Award References Living people Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French Governor General's Award-winning dramatists Canadian women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian translators 21st-century Canadian women writers Writers from Quebec City Université de Montréal