Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1984) Winner
Sandra Louise Birdsell
サンドラ・ルイーズ・バードセル
Sandora Ruiizu Bādozeru
Aliases:
Bartlette
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1942-04-22 （Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Hamiota, Manitoba → Morris, Manitoba → Winnipeg, Manitoba → Regina, Saskatchewan → Ottawa, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, short story writer
- Active Years
- 1982-2010
- Influenced By
- Robert Kroetsch
- Nominations
- Governor General's Award shortlist (The Chrome Suite, 1992), Giller Prize shortlist (The Russländer, 2001), Governor General's Award shortlist (Waiting for Joe, 2010)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Winnipeg | Creative Writing | Creative Writing | — | 1977頃 | Canada |
| University of Manitoba | — | Literature | — | — | Canada |
University of Winnipeg
Creative Writing
/ Creative Writing
Period:
1977頃
Country:
Canada
Enrolled in Creative Writing at age 35
University of Manitoba
Literature
Country:
Canada
Studied under Robert Kroetsch
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Gerald Lampert Award | Night Travellers | — | League of Canadian Poets | won |
| 1990 | Books in Canada First Novel Award | The Missing Child | — | — | won |
| 1993 | Marian Engel Award | — | — | — | won |
| 2010 | Order of Canada | — | Member | Government of Canada | won |
| 2012 | Saskatchewan Order of Merit | — | — | — | won |
Gerald Lampert Award
1984
Work:
Night Travellers
Organization:
League of Canadian Poets
Result:
won
Books in Canada First Novel Award
1990
Work:
The Missing Child
Result:
won
Marian Engel Award
1993
Result:
won
Order of Canada
2010
Category:
Member
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
won
Saskatchewan Order of Merit
2012
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1992) Winner
Works
Major Works
Night Travellers
1982 short story collectionA collection of interconnected short stories set in the imaginary Manitoba town of Agassiz, concerning the Lafreniere family.
floodfamilyMétisMennonite
The Missing Child
1989 novelMagic realist portrait of the fictional town of Agassiz.
magic realismfamilyloss
Chrome Suite
1992 novelCovers four decades of script-writer Amy Barber's life from 1950s Manitoba to present.
familyurban lifefear
The Russländer
2001 novelExplores Mennonite family's life in Russia and emigration to Canada in 1923, based on author's family history.
MennoniteRussian Revolutionemigrationviolence
Waiting for Joe
2010 novelLater novel by the author.
Bibliography
- Night Travellers
- Ladies of the House
- Agassiz Stories
- The Two-Headed Calf
- The Missing Child
- Chrome Suite
- The Russländer
- Children of the Day
- Waiting for Joe
- The Town That Floated Away
Translations of Works
- Agassiz (French translation by Maryse Trudeau)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- magic realisminterlinked short storiesfamily saga
- Recurring Motifs
- Métis and Mennonite heritagefloodschildhood memoriesmigration and loss
Legacy
Prominent Canadian novelist of Métis and Mennonite heritage, known for works on Manitoba floods and family history, recipient of numerous awards including Order of Canada.
Archives
- Library and Archives Canada
Trivia
- Fifth of eleven children
- Mother of three children and grandmother of four
- Left home at age fifteen