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Carol Shields
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birthdate = birth date|1935|6|2|mf=y
birthplace = Oak Park,
deathdate = death date and age|2003|7|16|1935|6|2|mf=y
deathplace = Victoria,
occupation = Author
nationality = CAN
USA
period = 1972-2002
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Carol Ann Shields (née Warner),BA, MA, CC , OM , D.Litt. , LL.D , FRSC (
Biography
Shields was born in Oak Park,
In 1956, while on a college exchange visit to
In 1973, Shields became editorial assistant for the journal "Canadian Slavonic Papers". In 1977, she became a professor at the University of Ottawa, where she stayed for a year. She later taught at the
Shields' daughter Anne Giardini is also a writer. Giardini has contributed to the "
Career
Shields was the author of several novels and short story collections, including "The Orange Fish" (1989), "Swann" (1987), "Various Miracles" (1985), "Happenstance" (1980), and "The Republic of Love" (1992). She was the recipient of a
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She won the 1998
Shields was also intensely interested in Jane Austen. She wrote the biography entitled "Jane Austen", which won the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction in April 2002, an award accepted by her daughter Meg on her behalf in Toronto, Ontario, on April 22, 2002.
Her last novel, "Unless", contains a passionate defense of female writers who write of 'domestic' subjects.
Honours and awards
*the Canadian Authors' Association Award for the Best Novel of 1976 ("Small Ceremonies")
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Bibliography
Novels
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*"Happenstance", 1980
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*"", 1987 (UK title: "Mary Swann")
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hort stories
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*"Collected Stories", 2004
Poetry
*"Others", 1972
*"Intersect", 1974
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Plays
*"Departures and Arrivals", 1990
*"Thirteen Hands", 1993
*"Fashion Power Guilt and the Charity of Families", 1995 (with Catherine Shields)
*"Anniversary: A Comedy", 1998 (with Dave Williamson)
*"Women Waiting"
*"Duet", 2003
Criticism
*"Susanna Moodie: Voice and Vision", 1976
Biography
*"Jane Austen", 2001
Anthologies
*"Dropped Threads: What We aren't Told", 2001 (edited with Marjorie Anderson)
*"Dropped Threads: More of What We aren't Told", 2003 (edited with Marjorie Anderson)
External links
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/writers/027005-3000-e.html "Carol Shields" in "Canadian Writers": an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007353 Carol Shields's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/shields_carol/ CBC Obituary]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1000419,00.html Guardian Obituary]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,706289,00.html Observer Interview with Carol Shields]
* [http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/s_profiles/shields_c.html Profile in the Manitoba Author Publication Index]
Persondata
NAME= Shields, Carol Ann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Warner, Carol Ann
SHORT DESCRIPTION= American author
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH= Oak Park,
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH= Victoria,
Источник: Carol Shields
См. также в других словарях:
Unless — Un*less , conj. [Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See {On}, and {Less}.] Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unless — [un les′] conj. [ME onlesse, earlier on lesse that, in lesse that, at less than, for less] in any case other than that; except that; except if [unless it rains, the game will be played] prep. except; save [nothing can help him, unless a miracle] … English World dictionary
unless — preposition except, excepting, however, precluding, save, without Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unless — mid 15c., earlier onlesse, from on lesse (than) on a less condition (than), the first syllable originally on, but the negative connotation and the lack of stress changed it to un … Etymology dictionary
unless — ► CONJUNCTION ▪ except when; if not. ORIGIN from ON(Cf. ↑on) or IN(Cf. ↑in) + LESS(Cf. ↑less) … English terms dictionary
unless — un|less W1S1 [ʌnˈles, ən ] conj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: on less than on a lower condition than (1400 1500)] 1.) used to say that something will happen or be true if something else does not happen or is not true ▪ Unless some extra money is… … Dictionary of contemporary English