Carol Shields (1935–2003)
Autor/a de The Stone Diaries
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Carol Shields
Obres associades
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists (2004) — Col·laborador — 550 exemplars
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Col·laborador — 451 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Shields, Carol
- Data de naixement
- 1935-06-02
- Data de defunció
- 2003-07-16
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Llocs de residència
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Educació
- Hanover College
University of Exeter
University of Ottawa - Professions
- Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg
Novelist - Relacions
- Giardini, Anne (dochter)
- Premis i honors
- Order of Canada (Officer, 1998)
Order of Canada (Companion, 2002)
Membres
Converses
Carol Shields Month a Orange January/July (juny 2012)
Larry's Party by Carol Shields a Orange January/July (gener 2012)
Group Read - The Stone Diaries (March) - Spoiler Thread a The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (març 2011)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (2)
Favourite Books (1)
Gimmicks (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
Big Jubilee List (1)
Best Biographies (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Canada (1)
to get (1)
Female Author (2)
Booker Prize (2)
100 New Classics (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 38
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 16,424
- Popularitat
- #1,382
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 360
- ISBN
- 439
- Llengües
- 17
- Preferit
- 73