Georges Dor

Georges Dor (March 10, 1931 – July 24, 2001) was a Québécois 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 Montréal.^[1]

Career[]

Dor undertook a career in radio as a disk jockey and news director. In the 1950s he worked at CHLN in Trois-Rivières.^[2] Beginning in 1957, he worked for Radio-Canada where he became a director for the Evening News.^[3]

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.^[3] 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,^[4] became the most popular recording ever by a Quebec chansonnier,^[5] winning the Felix Leclerc award at the 1968 Festival du Disques.^[6] He wrote another well-known song, "Une boîte à chanson" (A Music Box).^[7]

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.^[7] He also wrote two novels and published several collections of poetry.^[8]

See also[]

• List of Quebec musicians
• Music of Quebec
• Television of Quebec
• Culture of Quebec

References[]