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Raôul Duguay (born February 13, 1939) is an artist, poet, musician, and political activist in the Canadian province of Quebec. He been an active performer since 1966. Duguay is a longtime supporter of the Quebec sovereignty movement and has run for public office on at least two occasions. ==Artist== Duguay was born in Val-d'Or in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, an event that he later chronicled on the semi-autobiographical track "La bittt à Tibi" on his first album. He began writing poetry in the 1950s, and his first two anthologies were published in 1966 and 1967. He met Walter Boudreau in 1967, and the two artists formed L'Infonie shortly thereafter. This project was intended both as a music group and a new approach to collective improvisation; Duguay published its manifesto in 1970. The group released a number of albums on the avant-garde side of Quebec's progressive rock and jazz-rock scenes before dissolving in 1973.〔(Québec Info Musique: Raôul Duguay, Biographie ), accessed 14 December 2010.〕 Boudreau and Duguay have re-united on occasion since then, including in 2007 for an ''Orgues et Couleurs'' festival.〔Arthur Kaptainis, "Heavens, what a concert," ''Montreal Gazette'', 29 September 1998, E5.〕 Duguay released his first solo album in 1975, entitled ''Alllô tôulmônd''; this album features "Tôuttt etô bôuttt," one of his best known tracks. The following year, he performed in front of 400,000 people at the province's ''Fête nationale'', an annual Quebec nationalist cultural event.〔Juan Rodriguez, "Music is the Message: How Quebec artists seize the moment to fuel a movement," ''Montreal Gazette'', 22 October 2005, D1.〕 Duguay released several more solo albums in the seventies, eighties, and nineties; after a gap of eleven years, he returned with ''J'ai souf'' in 2010.〔(Québec Info Musique: Raôul Duguay, Discographie ), accessed 14 December 2010.〕 His song "La bittt à Tibi" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.〔"kids in the hall (of fame)," ''Toronto Star'', 28 February 2008, E01.〕 Duguay also provided the music for the film ''Les Fleurs Sauvages'' (1982), for which he received a Genie nomination.〔Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move," ''Globe and Mail'', 10 February 1983, p. 23; Vincent Canby, "SCREEN: TWO WORKS BY CANADIAN DIRECTOR," ''New York Times'', 9 November 1984.〕 In 1984, he took part in a musical collaboration with Parti Québécois legislator Gilles Baril.〔"Young legislator rocks for charity," ''Globe and Mail'', 16 July 1984, M9.〕 In 1996, he provided the text for a revised version of Terry Riley's In C.〔Arthur Kaptainis, "SMCQ turns 30, unveils new season," ''Montreal Gazette'', 21 September 1996, E9. Walter Boudreau also participated in this project.〕 Duguay has continued to publish works of poetry. His sixteenth volume, ''entre la lettre et l'esprit'', was issued in 2001.〔(Raôul Duguay, écrivain ), Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010.〕 He has also worked in the visual arts as a painter and sculptor.〔(Raôul Duguay, le sculpteur ), Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010; (Raôul Duguay, le peintre ), Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raôul Duguay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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