Georges Dor
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Georges Dor (March 10, 1931 – July 24, 2001) was a Canadian author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director.
Early lifeEdit
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>"Georges Dor". The Canadian Encyclopedia, by Christian Rioux and Andrew Mcintosh, July 26, 2007</ref>
CareerEdit
Dor undertook a career in radio as a disc jockey and news director. In the 1950s he worked at CHLN in Trois-Rivières.<ref>"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>"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>"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>"Another Kind of Explosion in Quebec Talent". McLeans, Jon Ruddy, June 1, 1969. (original)</ref> winning the Felix Leclerc award at the 1968 Festival du Disques.<ref name="Inc.1968">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Other songs had similar success, notably "Une boîte à chanson" (A Music Box)<ref name=morin>"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>"L'angle mort du français québécois". La Presse, March 24, 2015. by Gérard Bouchard</ref>