Abla Farhoud (1945 – December 1, 2021) was a Lebanese-born Canadian writer who lived in
Quebec.[1]
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
Festival des francophonies en Limousin [
fr] 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.[2][3]
Her son Mathieu Farhoud-Dionne is a member of the hip hop group
Loco Locass.[4]
^Jill MacDougall (translator), "The Girls from the Five and Ten", in Plays by Women: An International Anthology. Book 1, ed. Françoise Kourilsky, Catherine Temerson. New York: UBU Reportory Theater Publications, 1988, p. 103-159.
^Jill MacDougall (translator), "Game of Patience", in Plays by Women: An International Anthology. Book 2, ed. Françoise Kourilsky, Catherine Temerson. New York: UBU Reportory Theater Publications, 1994, p. 37-84. Also published in Anthology of Québec Women's Plays in English Translation. Vol. II (1987-2003), ed. Louise H. Forsyth. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2008 and Canada and the Theatre of War. Vol. II. Contemporary Wars, ed. Donna Coates and Sherrill Grace. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2009.