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Carol Shields
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American/Canadian author
OverviewAI-generated
Carol Ann Warner Shields was a female poet, novelist, short story writer, and writer who held citizenship in Canada and the United States. She was educated at Hanover College, the University of Exeter, and the University of Ottawa. Her professional career included employment at the University of British Columbia, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Winnipeg. Shields wrote in English and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
Born in Oak Park on 2 June 1935, she died of breast cancer in Victoria on 16 July 2003. Her notable works include *Republiḳat ha-ahavah*, *A Celibate Season*, *Yomane ha-even*, *Scribner's best of the fiction workshops*, and *Fanfare*. Shields received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Women's Prize for Fiction. She was also nominated for the Booker Prize and is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 2 June 1935
- Died
- 16 July 2003
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Republiḳat ha-ahavah
- A Celibate Season
- Yomane ha-even
- Scribner's best of the fiction workshops, 1998
- Fanfare
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Carol Ann Warner , ( 1935-06-02 ) June 2, 1935, Oak Park, Illinois , US
- Died
- July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) (aged 68), Victoria , British Columbia, Canada
- Occupation
- Author
- Nationality
- Canadian, American
- Education
- Hanover College ( BA ), University of Ottawa ( MA )
- Period
- 1972–2002
- Spouse
- Donald Hugh Shields ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Family name
- Warner
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oak Park
- Place of death
- Victoria
- Occupation
- biographer
- Employer
- University of Manitoba
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1935-06-02
- date of death
- 2003-07-16
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Royal Society of Canada
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Carol Ann Shields (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.
Early life and education
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