Lorne Pierce Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 47 (1984) Winner
Sheila Watson
シェイラ・ワトソン
Sheira Watoson
Aliases:
Sheila Martin Doherty / Sheila Martin Watson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1909-10-24 （New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada）
- Died
- 1998-02-01 （Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada） age 88
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- New Westminster, British Columbia → Vancouver, British Columbia → Dog Creek, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta → Edmonton, Alberta → Nanaimo, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, critic, teacher, professor
- Active Years
- 1931-1998
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta, White Pelican magazine
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Canada
- Influenced By
- Wyndham Lewis, Marshall McLuhan, Sophocles
- Influenced
- Margaret Atwood
- Nominations
- Deep Hollow Creek, Governor General's Award shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | Faculty of Arts | Department of English | BA | 1929-1931 | Canada |
| University of British Columbia | Faculty of Arts | Department of English | MA | 1931-1933 | Canada |
| University of Toronto | — | Department of English | PhD | 1957-1965 | Canada |
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Arts
/ Department of English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1929-1931
Year of Graduation:
1931
Country:
Canada
Bachelor of Arts
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Arts
/ Department of English
Degree:
MA
Period:
1931-1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
Canada
Master of Arts
University of Toronto
Department of English
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1957-1965
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
Canada
Thesis on Wyndham Lewis
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Lorne Pierce Medal | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | 受賞 |
Lorne Pierce Medal
1984
Organization:
Royal Society of Canada
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Double Hook
1959 Modernist novelA symbolic drama of social disintegration and redemption set in an isolated BC community.
violenceinsensibilityredemptionritual
Translations
- Sous l'oeil de coyote (French)
Bibliography
- The Double Hook (1959)
- Deep Hollow Creek (1992)
- A Father's Kingdom: The Complete Short Fiction (2004)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- symbolicconciserealistic and universal
- Recurring Motifs
- double hookdarkness and glorylack of art and tradition
Legacy
Pioneer of contemporary Canadian literature; The Double Hook marks the start of modern Canadian writing.
Archives
- University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, University of Toronto
In Popular Culture
- Quoted in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin
Quotes
-
The word is a flame burning in a dark glass.
Source: Deep Hollow Creek (1992)
Trivia
- Married to poet Wilfred Watson
- The Double Hook rejected by T.S. Eliot et al.
- Taught in Dog Creek, basis for Deep Hollow Creek