Normand Chaurette OC (July 9, 1954 – August 31, 2022)[1] was a Canadian playwright,[2] best known as one of the first prominent writers of LGBT-themed plays in Quebec and Canada.
[3] Chaurette's career began in 1976 with Rêve d'une nuit d'hôpital, a radio play broadcast by Radio-Canada and inspired by the life of Émile Nelligan.
[4] He was a three-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, for Le Passage de l'Indiana in 1996, Le Petit Köchel in 2001 and Ce qui meurt en dernier in 2011, and was nominated for Fragments d'une lettre d'adieu lus par des géologues in 1986.
He also translated a number of plays into French, including Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and works by Shakespeare.
As well, his translation of Romeo and Juliet was directed by Yves Desgagné as the 2006 film Roméo et Juliette, He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2004.