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Carol Shields

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Carol Shields

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Also known as Carol Warner, Carol Ann Warner, Carol Ann Shields

American/Canadian author

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Carol Ann Warner was a poet, novelist, short story writer, and writer who held citizenship in Canada and the United States. She was educated at the University of Exeter, the University of Ottawa, and Hanover College. Her professional career included employment at the University of British Columbia, the University of Winnipeg, and the University of Manitoba. She wrote in English and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Born in Oak Park on 2 June 1935, she died in Victoria on 16 July 2003 from breast cancer. Her notable works include *Republiḳat ha-ahavah*, *A Celibate Season*, *Yomane ha-even*, and *Scribner's best of the fiction workshops, 1998*. She received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Women's Prize for Fiction. She was also nominated for the Booker Prize.

Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
2011
alt-popeverything everythingfoalsfriendly firesmetronomyzoot woman

Discography

Official site

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8
Total plays
35

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Carol+Shields">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,988x

  2. Global Consequences of Land Use

    · 2005 · cited 9,864x

  3. Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being.

    · 1989 · cited 9,344x

  4. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission

    · 2020 · cited 9,240x

  5. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    · 2007 · cited 7,930x

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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 ) ​

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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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