Carol Shields (1935–2003)
Autor de The Stone Diaries
Sobre El 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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Carol Shields
Martian Rock 2 copias
Minimal Art 2 copias
Protein Dust 1 copia
Osim ako 1 copia
Collected stories, The 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Shields, Carol
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1935-06-02
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2003-07-16
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Educación
- Hanover College
University of Exeter
University of Ottawa - Ocupaciones
- Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg
Novelist - Relaciones
- Giardini, Anne (dochter)
- Premios y honores
- Order of Canada (Officer, 1998)
Order of Canada (Companion, 2002)
Miembros
Debates
Carol Shields Month en Orange January/July (junio 2012)
Larry's Party by Carol Shields en Orange January/July (Enero 2012)
Group Read - The Stone Diaries (March) - Spoiler Thread en The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (marzo 2011)
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to get (1)
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Booker Prize (2)
100 New Classics (1)
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- Popularidad
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- Valoración
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- Reseñas
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
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- Favorito
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