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Lepage Wins Hans Christian Andersen Prize
From: AP Online
Date: 20040310
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AP Online
03-10-2004
Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Canadian writer-actor-director Robert Lepage is the winner of the 2004 Hans Christian Andersen Prize, named for the Danish fairy tale writer, the award committee said Wednesday.
Lepage will receive the $60,000 prize during a ceremony April 2 _ the author's birthday _ in Odense, where Andersen was born in 1805.
The Quebecois artist was chosen for creating a solo performance based on an Andersen fairy tale about technical inventions interacting with the writer's poetic universe. The prize is sponsored by the city of Odense.
In 2005, Danes will ...
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