Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1985) Winner
Paulette Kay Jiles
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Paulette Kay Jiles
Aliases:
Paulette K. Jiles / Paulette Jiles-Johnson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1943-04-04 （Salem, Missouri）
- Died
- 2025-07-08 （San Antonio, Texas） age 82
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Ojibwe
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Salem, Missouri → Kansas City → Toronto, Canada → Northern Ontario and Quebec indigenous areas → San Antonio, Texas → Near Utopia, Texas
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Memoirist, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1973-2025
- Affiliations
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Nominations
- News of the World finalist for National Book Award for Fiction, Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma Kola nominated for Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Late Great Human Road Show nominated for Books in Canada First Novel Award
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri–Kansas City | — | Romance Languages | — | — | United States |
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Romance Languages
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Governor General's Award | Celestial Navigation | English Poetry | Government of Canada | winner |
| 1985 | Pat Lowther Award | Celestial Navigation | — | — | winner |
| 1985 | Gerald Lampert Award | Celestial Navigation | — | — | winner |
| 2002 | Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize | Enemy Women | Fiction | — | winner |
Governor General's Award
1984
Work:
Celestial Navigation
Category:
English Poetry
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
winner
Pat Lowther Award
1985
Work:
Celestial Navigation
Result:
winner
Gerald Lampert Award
1985
Work:
Celestial Navigation
Result:
winner
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
2002
Work:
Enemy Women
Category:
Fiction
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Pat Lowther Memorial Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1985) Winner
Works
Major Works
News of the World
2016 NovelA story of an elderly news reader and a young girl traveling across post-Civil War Texas.
FamilyRedemptionAmerican West
Adaptations
- [Film] News of the World / Paul Greengrass (2020)
Enemy Women
2002 NovelStory of a family during the American Civil War.
WarSurvival
Celestial Navigation
1984 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Waterloo Express (1973)
- Celestial Navigation (1984)
- The Golden Hawks (Where We Live) (1985)
- Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma Kola (1986)
- The Late Great Human Road Show (1986)
- The Jesse James Poems (1988)
- Blackwater (1988)
- Song to the Rising Sun (1989)
- Cousins (1992)
- Flying Lesson: Selected Poems (1995)
- North Spirit: Sojourns Among the Cree and Ojibway Nations and Their Star Maps (1995)
- Enemy Women (2002)
- Stormy Weather (2007)
- The Color of Lightning (2009)
- Lighthouse Island (2013)
- News of the World (2016)
- Simon the Fiddler (2020)
- Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseHistorical detail
- Recurring Motifs
- American WestIndigenous culturesImpact of war
Health
-
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease2025年6月-Led to death in July 2025
Legacy
Acclaimed American poet and novelist active in Canada and US. News of the World was NBA finalist and adapted into film. Multiple Canadian awards.
In Popular Culture
- News of the World adapted into film starring Tom Hanks
Trivia
- Learned Ojibwe language
- Helped set up indigenous FM radio stations in Canada
- Lived on a 36-acre ranch near Utopia, Texas