Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1949) Winner
Angéline Hango
アンジェリン・ハンゴ
Anjerin Hango
Aliases:
Marie-Rose Angéline Roy
Pen Names:
Angéline Bleuets（Pseudonym used when submitting Truthfully Yours）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1905-02-02 （Arvida, Quebec）
- Died
- 1995-11-09 age 90
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Arvida, Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region, Quebec
Career
- Occupations
- novelist
- Active Years
- 1940-1995
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Stephen Leacock Award | Truthfully Yours | — | Leacock Associates | winner |
| 1948 | Oxford-Crowell Award | Truthfully Yours | — | Oxford University Press | winner |
Stephen Leacock Award
1949
Work:
Truthfully Yours
Organization:
Leacock Associates
Result:
winner
Oxford-Crowell Award
1948
Work:
Truthfully Yours
Organization:
Oxford University Press
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Truthfully Yours
1948 roman à clef, humorous novelA roman à clef about her childhood in the Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region.
childhoodhumorCanadian rural life
Bibliography
- Truthfully Yours
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous autobiographical narrative
Health
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stroke1995cause of death
Legacy
Canadian writer recognized for winning the Stephen Leacock Award for her only published book, contributing to Canadian humour literature.
Quotes
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I hadn't even considered the book to be funny at all when it won the Leacock Award, though I more easily saw the humor in it when rereading it later in life.
Source: Ottawa Citizen (1970)
Trivia
- Won the Stephen Leacock Award for her sole published book.
- Left an unpublished manuscript 'Moroccan Diary' at the time of her death.