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Ann-Marie MacDonald

アン＝マリー・マクドナルド

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1958-10-29 （CFB Baden-Soellingen (near Baden-Baden), West Germany）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Germany (birth) → Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Career

Occupations
playwright, novelist, actress, broadcast host
Active Years
1981-

Awards

Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Best First Book)
1997
Work: Fall on Your Knees
Organization: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Award for Drama
1991
Work: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Organization: Governor General's Awards
Result: 受賞
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
1990
Work: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Organization: Floyd S. Chalmers Foundation
Result: 受賞
Canadian Authors Association Drama Award
1990
Work: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Organization: Canadian Authors Association
Result: 受賞
Order of Canada (Officer, OC)
2018
Organization: Order of Canada
Result: 叙勲
Honorary Doctorate (Humanities)
2008
Organization: University of Windsor
Result: 授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

1988 Theatre / Comedy

A play that reimagines Shakespearean works with a feminist and comic lens, questioning identity and authorship; widely produced.

feminismliterary reinterpretationidentity

Fall on Your Knees

1996 Family saga / Historical novel

A multi-generational family saga spanning the early to mid-20th century, exploring secrets, trauma, and reconciliation.

familysecrets and memorytrauma

The Way the Crow Flies

2003 Mystery / Historical novel

Inspired in part by real events, the novel is set in a small military town in the 1960s and explores crime, justice, and community.

justicecoming-of-agesocial critique

Adult Onset

2014 Literary fiction

A nuanced novel about family and personal relationships, dealing with maturation and reassessment of family history.

familymaturityidentity

Fayne

2022 Parody / Historical fiction

A triple-decker Victorian spoof that blends satire with classical elements in a multi-layered novel.

parodyhistoryliterary play

Bibliography

  • This is For You, Anna (1983)
  • Nancy Drew, The Case of the Missing Mother (1984)
  • Clue in the Fast Lane (1985)
  • Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (1988)
  • The Arab's Mouth / Belle Moral (1990/2005)
  • Nigredo Hotel (1992, opera libretto)
  • The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls (1995, co-authored)
  • Fall on Your Knees (1996)
  • The Way the Crow Flies (2003)
  • Adult Onset (2014)
  • Fayne (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
postmodern elementshumorous and satirical prosemulti-generational narrative
Recurring Motifs
family secretsmemory and traumagender and identity

Health

  • seronegative rheumatoid arthritis
    2019–2023（診断後、2023時点で症状は寛解）
    Significantly affected work and daily life; caused delays in publication schedules and required adaptations to continue writing.

Legacy

Ann-Marie MacDonald is a highly regarded Canadian playwright and novelist known for feminist perspectives and multi-generational family sagas. She has received several major awards and is recognized for her contributions to Canadian culture.

Trivia

  • Born at a Canadian air force base (CFB Baden-Soellingen) in West Germany.
  • Fall on Your Knees won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Best First Book) and was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2002.
  • Partner is playwright and director Alisa Palmer.
  • Appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2018.
  • Diagnosed with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis in 2019; reported symptom-free as of 2023.
  • Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) earned several theatre awards.