Mavis Gallant (1922–2014)
Autore di Paris Stories
Sull'Autore
Mavis Gallant was born in Montreal, Canada on August 11, 1922. Her parents sent her to live at a French convent when she was 4. When she was 10, her father died from kidney disease. Her mother quickly remarried and moved to New York - leaving her daughter behind. During World War II, Gallant worked mostra altro in the cutting room at the National Film Board of Canada and as a reporter for the Montreal Standard. She eventually became a columnist and feature writer. Two of her short stories appeared in the December, 1944, issue of Preview. She published more than 100 stories in The New Yorker beginning in 1951. During her lifetime, she wrote two novels and several short story collections. Her works include Green Water, Green Sky; A Fairly Good Time; Overhead in a Balloon; Across the Bridge; The Pegnitz Junction; Paris Stories; and The Cost of Living. She received several awards including the Governor-General's Award for Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories, the Pen Nabokov Award for career achievement, the Matt Cohen Prize in 2000, and the Rea Award for the Short Story in 2002. In 1981, she was made Officer of the Order of Canada for her contribution to literature that year. She died on February 18, 2014 at the age 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: chatelaine.com
Opere di Mavis Gallant
The Accident 2 copie
Piccoli naufragi 1 copia
UNA BONA ESTONA 1 copia
When we were nearly young 1 copia
“Mlle. Dias de Corta” 1 copia
Gallant, Mavis Archive 1 copia
Gallant Mavis 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Young, Mavis Leslie de Trafford (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1922-08-11
- Data di morte
- 2014-02-18
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Luogo di morte
- Paris, France
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Paris, France - Attività lavorative
- journalist
short-story writer - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Canada (Companion)
Prix Athanase-David (Quebec prize for literature)
Matt Cohen Prize (2000)
Rea Award for the Short Story
PEN/Nabokov Award (2004)
Lannan Literary Fellowship (2004) (mostra tutto 8)
Molson Prize (1996)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1989)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 58
- Opere correlate
- 31
- Utenti
- 2,517
- Popolarità
- #10,200
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 55
- ISBN
- 171
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 14