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Edition 36 (2000) Winner
Deborah Ellis
デボラ・エリス
Debora Erisu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960-08-07 （Cochrane, Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cochrane, Ontario → Toronto, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, activist, feminist
- Active Years
- 1999-2022
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature | Looking for X | children's literature | Canada Council for the Arts | winner |
| 2006 | Order of Ontario | — | — | Government of Ontario | Member |
| 2016 | Order of Canada | — | Member | Governor General of Canada | Member |
| — | Jane Addams Children's Book Award | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Vicky Metcalf Award | — | — | — | winner |
Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature
2000
Work:
Looking for X
Category:
children's literature
Organization:
Canada Council for the Arts
Result:
winner
Order of Ontario
2006
Organization:
Government of Ontario
Result:
Member
Order of Canada
2016
Category:
Member
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
Member
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Result:
winner
Vicky Metcalf Award
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1 appearances
Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Breadwinner
2001 Children's literatureA girl named Parvana disguises herself as a boy in an Afghan refugee camp.
warrefugeeswomen's rights
Adaptations
- [animated film] The Breadwinner / Nora Twomey (2017)
Looking for X
1999 Children's literatureFollows a young girl in her day-to-day life in a poor area of Toronto.
povertysocial issues
The Heaven Shop
2004 Children's literatureA family of orphans in Malawi struggling with HIV/AIDS epidemic.
HIV/AIDSorphanscourage
I Am a Taxi
2006 Children's literatureA Bolivian boy named Diego works to pay off family debt in coca pits.
drugspovertyfamily
Bibliography
- The Breadwinner
- Parvana's Journey
- Mud City
- My Name is Parvana
- One More Mountain
- Looking for X
- The Heaven Shop
- I Am a Taxi
- Sacred Leaf
- Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories
- Moon at Nine
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismchild's perspectivesocial issues depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- persecuted childrenThird World sufferingscourage and survival
Legacy
Canadian fiction writer and activist focusing on sufferings of persecuted children in the Third World. Recipient of multiple awards including Governor General's Award.
Trivia
- Started writing at age 11 or 12.
- Donates almost all book royalties to organizations like Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and UNICEF.