Marc Robitaille

{{Short description|Canadian screenwriter, novelist and sportswriter}}

Marc Robitaille is a Canadian screenwriter, novelist and sportswriter.Gabriel Anctil, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/623037/serie-le-tricolore-entre-les-pages-une-enfance-bleu-blanc-rouge "Une enfance bleu-blanc-rouge"]. Le Devoir, August 7, 2021. He is most noted for his work on the films Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver), for which he and François Bouvier received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 20th Genie Awards"Sunshine leads the field for the Genie Awards". Calgary Herald, December 8, 1999. and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 2nd Jutra Awards, and The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland), for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-en-tete-des-nominations/ "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations"]. Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.

Winter Stories was an adaptation of Robitaille's own novel Des histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des écoles et du hockey."A winter's tale: Histoires d'Hiver sets coming-of-age during '66-'67 hockey season". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 1999. His second novel, Un été sans point ni coup sûr, was subsequently adapted into the film A No-Hit No-Run Summer.Michel Defoy, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2008/07/31/un-ete-sans-point-ni-coup-sur-francis-leclerc-enfants-de-la-balle-2/ "Un été sans point ni coup sûr / Francis Leclerc : Enfants de la balle"]. Voir, July 31, 2008.

Robitaille has also written several non-fiction books on the history of the Montreal Expos and the Montreal Canadiens, including Une enfance bleu-blanc-rouge (2000), Une vue du champ gauche (2003), Il était une fois les Expos, Tome 1 : Les années 1969-1984 (2009) and Il était une fois les Expos, Tome 2 : Les années 1985-2004 (2011).Kamila Hinkson, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-expos-first-home-opener-1969-1.5096489 "50 years ago, the Expos made their Montreal debut"]. CBC News Montreal, April 14, 2019.