Georges Dor

'''Georges Dor''' (March 10, 1931 – July 24, 2001) was a Canadian author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director.

==Early life== Dor was born '''Georges-Henri Dore''' in Drummondville into a large family. As a young man he worked in a factory, and studied at the École du Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/georges-dor-emc "Georges Dor"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', by Christian Rioux and Andrew Mcintosh, July 26, 2007</ref>

==Career== Dor undertook a career in radio as a disc jockey and news director. In the 1950s he worked at CHLN in Trois-Rivières.<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/527178/deces-de-l-animateur-et-journaliste-andre-payette "Décès de l’animateur et journaliste André Payette"]. ''Le Devoir'', Jean-François Nadeau, May 8, 2018</ref> Beginning in 1957, he worked for Radio-Canada where he became a director for the Evening News.<ref name=tva>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2001/07/24/georges-dor-nest-plus "Georges Dor n'est plus"]. ''TVA Nouvelles'', 24 July 2001</ref>

Dor wrote poems for many years; in 1964 he was encouraged by friends to compete in an amateur singing competition. He began singing professionally in early 1965, and released his first album in 1966.<ref name=tva /> One of the songs from this album, his composition "La Manic", whose lyrics were a love letter written by a construction worker on the Manicouagan power project,<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/25863/television-la-ou-le-quebec-s-inventait "Télévision - Là où le Québec s'inventait"]. ''Le Devoir'', Paul Cauchon, 19 April 2003</ref> became the most popular recording ever by a Quebec chansonnier,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030526/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1969/6/1/another-kind-of-explosion-in-quebec-talent "Another Kind of Explosion in Quebec Talent"]. ''McLeans'', Jon Ruddy, June 1, 1969. ([https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1969/6/1/another-kind-of-explosion-in-quebec-talent original])</ref> winning the Felix Leclerc award at the 1968 Festival du Disques.<ref name="Inc.1968">{{cite magazine|author=Kit Morgan|title="Festival de Disque ends on Award-winning Note". Billboard|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA50|date=1 June 1968|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=50|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Other songs had similar success, notably "Une boîte à chanson" (A Music Box)<ref name=morin>[https://www.mdgq.ca/10-georges-dor "Georges Dor "]. Biography by Claude Morin, Musée des Grands Québécois website</ref> and "Pour la musique" (For Music).

He continued to perform as a singer until 1972, and to record until 1978. After that he worked mainly in the theatre and in television, producing and writing plays and téléromans.<ref name=morin /> He also wrote two novels and published several collections of poetry.<ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/nos-collaborateurs/gerard-bouchard/201503/23/01-4854849-langle-mort-du-francais-quebecois.php "L'angle mort du français québécois"]. ''La Presse'', March 24, 2015. by Gérard Bouchard</ref>

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