A playwright, novelist, poet, scriptwriter, translator and actor, Jean Marc Dalpé is a three-times winner of the Governor General’s Literary Awards. He has translated contemporary works, as well as Shakespeare, Brecht and major Indigenous voices. He was one of the artistic directors of the Wild West Show de Gabriel Dumont, and has authored many remarkable plays. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa, and he is a member of the Order of Canada and of the Ordre des francophones d’Amérique.