Pol Pelletier

Louise Forsyth (University of Saskatchewan)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.4: Canadian Writing and Culture: Francophone .
Vol. editors: Claire-Marie Brisson (Harvard University), Emir Delic (Université Sainte-Anne), Eftihia Mihelakis (Brandon University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 6 Nov 1947
Activity 1975-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Cultural Theorist/ Critic
Playwright / Dramatist
Revolutionary, Activist
Theatre Director

Other

Theatre actor

Resources

Pol Pelletier has devoted her entire career to the theatre. She has been simultaneously actor, director, theorist, playwright, teacher, administrator, and co-founder of two experimental theatre companies: the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal (TEM) and the Théâtre Expérimental des Femmes (TEF), founder of La Compagnie Pol Pelletier, martial arts instructor, and founder of DOJO, a centre where actors, even the most seasoned, can work on perfecting their art. (DOJO is a Japanese word meaning “the place where one goes to be on the path”. Pelletier founded DOJO, centre d’entraînement et de perfectionnement permanent, in 1988. Her DOJO method trains the body to tap into all potential sources of energy through particular attention to breathing, movement, and suspension of inhibitions produced by the rational mind and social conditioning.) She is an actor’s actor who has done it...

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Citation: Forsyth, Louise. "Pol Pelletier". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 February 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5924, accessed 09 June 2026.]