{{short description|Canadian playwright}} {{infobox writer |name=Marcus Youssef |occupation=Playwright |nationality=Canadian |awards=Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award (1997)<br>Siminovitch Prize in Theatre (2017) }} '''Marcus Youssef''' is a Canadian playwright.<ref name=siminovitch>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/playwright-marcus-youssef-wins-100k-siminovitch-prize-1.4389318 "Playwright Marcus Youssef wins $100K Siminovitch Prize"]. CBC News, November 6, 2017.</ref> He is most noted for the play ''Winners and Losers'', a collaboration with James Long which was shortlisted for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Play, General Theatre in 2014,<ref>Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". ''National Post'', June 21, 2014.</ref> and the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.<ref>Mark Medley, "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 7, 2015.</ref>
He previously won a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1997 for ''A Line in the Sand'', a collaboration with Guillermo Verdecchia,<ref>"Montreal film-makers win Chalmers Awards". ''Montreal Gazette'', September 23, 1997.</ref> and was the winner of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2017.<ref name=siminovitch/>
Born to Egyptian immigrant parents and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he has been artistic director of Neworld Theatre, co-founded the PL 1422 artist-run centre, and has been an adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia.<ref name=siminovitch/> His other plays have included ''The Adventures of Ali & Ali and the Axes of Evil'' (2004),<ref>Kamal Al-Solaylee, "The world according to Ali and Ali". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 23, 2004.</ref> ''Adrift on the Nile'' (2007),<ref>Peter Birnie, "Adrift on the Nile sails into a different harbour". ''Vancouver Sun'', February 1, 2007.</ref> ''Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings'' (2010),<ref>Robert Cushman, "It's mind over meta; Hard Times, Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings and [title of show]". ''National Post'', October 9, 2010.</ref> ''Jabber'' (2014),<ref>Kevin Prokosh, "Lovers in a dangerous time". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', October 9, 2014.</ref> ''King Arthur's Night'' (2018)<ref>Kathleen Oliver, [https://www.straight.com/arts/1027416/enchanting-images-sounds-and-words-wash-over-you-king-arthurs-night "Enchanting images, sounds, and words wash over you in King Arthur’s Night"]. ''The Georgia Straight'', February 1, 2018.</ref> and ''The In-Between'' (2022).
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