Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Beaulieu, Michel - Translator/critic
Writer/poet/critic/translator, born in Montreal, Quebec in 1941, died there in 1985.
After studying at the prestigious Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal and then at the University of Montreal he worked for the influential magazine Quartier Latin, first as art critic but eventually as its director. In 1963 he began working for the Montreal daily La Presse and founded a publishing house with author/poet Gaston Miron called Les Éditions Estérel.
In 1971/72 he was theatre critic for the élite Montreal daily Le Devoir, and helped found the Centre des auteurs dramatiques as well as the theatre magazine Jeu. Though most noted as a poet (having published some 20 collections) he also wrote 15 radio plays.
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