Abla Farhoud
Abla Farhoud was a Lebanese-born Canadian writer and playwright who lived in Quebec.
Life
Farhoud was born in the village of Ain-Hirsché and came with her family to Montreal in 1951. In her late teens, she became a comedian, performing on Radio-Canada television. She returned to Lebanon with her family in 1965. Then, in 1969, Farhoud went to Paris, where she studied theatre at the Université de Vincennes à Paris. She returned to Quebec in 1973 and earned a master's degree in theatre from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her play Les filles du 5-10-15¢ was performed at the in 1992. Her play La Possession du Prince received the Prix de Théâtre et Liberté from the French Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques. Her writing incorporates Quebec slang "joual", French, colloquial French, colloquial Lebanese-Arabic, English and Arabic.Her son Mathieu Farhoud-Dionne is a member of the hip hop group Loco Locass.
Selected works
Plays
Quand j'étais grande, translated into English as When I was grown up by Jill MacDougallLes Filles du 5-10-15¢, translated into English as The Girls from the Five and Ten by Jill MacDougall La Possession du prince Jeux de patience, translated into English as Game of Patience by Jill MacDougallQuand le vautour danse, translated into English as Birds of Prey by Jill MacDougallLes Rues de l'alligator- ''Maudite machine''
Novels
Le bonheur a la queue glissante, received the Prix France-Québec, translated into English as Happiness Has a Slippery Tail by Judith Weisz Woodsworth Splendide solitude Le fou d'Omar Le Sourire de la Petite Juive, translated into English as Hutchison Street by Judith Weisz Woodworth Au grand soleil cachez vos filles Le Dernier des snoreaux- ''Havre-Saint-Pierre, pour toujours''