Carol Shields (1935–2003)
Autor von The Stone Diaries
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Carol Shields is a writer and critic who was born on June 2, 1935 in Chicago and grew up in Illinois. Shields resided in Canada, where she was the Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, and a professor at the University of Manitoba. Shields's first novel, Small Ceremonies, was published the week mehr anzeigen of her 40th birthday. Her other works of fiction include The Orange Fish, Larry's Party, Various Miracles, and The Stone Diaries, which received the Governor's General Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Shields has also been awarded the Canadian Bookseller's Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the CBC Prize for Drama. She died on July 16, 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Shields, Carol
- Geburtstag
- 1935-06-02
- Todestag
- 2003-07-16
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Canada
- Geburtsort
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Sterbeort
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Wohnorte
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Ausbildung
- Hanover College
University of Exeter
University of Ottawa - Berufe
- Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg
Novelist - Beziehungen
- Giardini, Anne (dochter)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Order of Canada (Officer, 1998)
Order of Canada (Companion, 2002)
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