Marcel Dubé OC OQ (January 3, 1930 – April 7, 2016) was a Canadian playwright.
Dubé studied at Collège Sainte-Marie where he first became interested in theatre, frequenting the school's auditorium, the historic Salle du Gésu.
Dubé began writing plays as a young man, including Le Barrage which was staged by Theatre-club in 1955.
He founded the group Jeune Scène, and at the Dominion Drama Festival in 1953 won several awards with his play, De l'autre côté du mur which later became Zone.
[5] His concerns for the preservation and sanctity of the French language in Quebec and around the world led him to participate in several organizations: He was first secretary, then president, of the Conseil de la langue française,[6] president of the Rencontres francophones du Québec and cofounder and director of the Sécretariat permanent des peuples francophones.