Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
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Edition 2 (1992) Winner
Marie Wadden
マリー・ワッデン
Marī Wadden
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- writer
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Nominations
- Nominated for three awards including the Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing for 'Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation' in 2008
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Edna Staebler Award | Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland | クリエイティブ・ノンフィクション | Wilfrid Laurier University | 受賞 |
Edna Staebler Award
1992
Work:
Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland
Category:
クリエイティブ・ノンフィクション
Organization:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland
1991 non-fiction 218 pagesThe book chronicles the plight of the Innu people, indigenous inhabitants of an area they affectionately call 'Nitassinan' meaning 'our land' in the Innu language.
Indigenous rightsLand reclamationColonialism
Bibliography
- Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland
- Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation
Legacy
Recognized as a Canadian writer who brought global attention to the struggles of the Innu people.