Laurent Lachance (16 March 1931 – 4 October 2024) was a French Canadian author and schoolteacher.

Biography

Early life Born in

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on 16 March 1931, Lachance studied at the

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. He began his career as a French and Latin teacher at the , the Collège St-Paul, and the

Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne The Collège Bois-de-Boulogne () is a French-language public CEGEP, college located on Bois de Boulogne Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has an enrollment of approximately 2,700 students in 7 pre-university and technical programmes and 4400 ...

. He directed educational projects at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec from 1968 to 1986 and at

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from 1986 to 1993. ''Passe-Partout'' Between 1972 and 1975, Lachance helped create the popular children's television program ''

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''. On 14 November 2007, the

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marked the 30th anniversary of the creation of ''Passe-Partout''. That year, Lachance announced his intention to file a lawsuit against the distributor of the show's DVDs in order to obtain his own right to make profits. However, the court ruled against him, stating that he was not the owner of the series' copyright. The legal saga continued into 2012, when a superior court dismissed the case on merits, though Lachance had the option to appeal to the

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. Other work In addition to ''Passe-Partout'', Lachance also directed programs by . In 2019, he released ''Quenotte'' and ''Quenoeil'', coloring books published online. Death Lachance died on 4 October 2024, at the age of 93.

Works

Children's stories * ''Le Trou perdu, Héritage'' (1983) Stories for adults * ''Ailleurs plutôt que demain'' (1991) * ''Le Tigre-sabre'' (1993) Dream interpretations * ''Les rêves de mentent pas'' (1983) * ''Rêves, signes et coïncidences : Dictionnaire d'interprétation'' (1999) * ''Les rêves portent conseil : Guide d'interprétation'' (2000) * ''Interprétez les rêves de votre enfant'' (2001) Biographies * ''Fernand Caron et l'âme du bois'' * ''André Turpin peintre et sculpteur, propos et confidences'' (2016) History * ''De Sainte-Croix à Maisonneuve, 75 ans d'histoire'' (2003)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lachance, Laurent 1931 births 2024 deaths Canadian non-fiction writers in French Canadian educators Writers from Montreal Canadian biographers Canadian children's writers in French