Audrey Thomas Life, education and career
Thomas was born 17 November 1935 in Binghamton , New York .[ 2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Massachusetts in 1957,[ 4] then studied at St. Andrews University in Scotland before teaching in England.[ 2] In 1959, she immigrated to Canada,[ 5] where she received a Master of Arts degree from University of British Columbia in 1963.[ 2] [ 4]
From 1964 to 1966, Thomas lived in Ghana , and some of her stories are set there and in other distant[ clarification needed ] places.[ 6] [ 7]
Thomas lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, and wrote articles for Saturday Night Magazine .[ 8]
Beginning in 1990, Thomas was a visiting professor at Concordia University in Montreal.[ 4] She also spent time as writer-in-residence at the University of Victoria , University of British Columbia , Simon Fraser University , and David Thompson University Centre .[ 4]
She published her first story, "If One Green Bottle...", in 1967.[ 2] In 2014, she published her eighteenth book, Local Customs .[ 9]
Bibliography
Novels
Mrs. Blood – 1970
Munchmeyer and Prospero on the Island – 1971
Songs My Mother Taught Me – 1973
Blown Figures – 1974
Latakia – 1979
Intertidal Life – 1984
Graven Images – 1993
Coming Down from Wa – 1995
Isobel Gunn – 1999[ 14]
Tattycoram
Local Customs – 2014
Short stories
Ten Green Bottles – 1967
Ladies and Escorts – 1977
Real Mothers – 1981
Two in the Bush and Other Stories – 1981
Goodbye Harold, Good Luck – 1986
The Wild Blue Yonder – 1990
The Path of Totality – 2001
References
↑ Nischik, Reingard M. (2007). The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations . Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-127-0 .
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Thompson, Veronica (2013-12-16). "Audrey Grace Thomas" . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
↑ Reingard M. Nischik. History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian . Camden House; 2008. ISBN 978-1-57113-359-5 . p. 318–.
1 2 3 4 5 "Thomas, Audrey (Grace)" . Encyclopedia.com . Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
↑ Benson, Eugene ; Toye, William , eds. (1997). The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature . Toronto: Oxford University Press . p. 1113.
↑ "Local Customs, by Audrey Thomas: Review" . National Post , February 21, 2014
↑ "Audrey Thomas" Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine | Room Magazine .
↑ Linda L. Richards, "Audrey Thomas" Archived 2023-02-09 at the Wayback Machine , January Magazine .
↑ "Local Customs: A take on 19th century woman's death not so much a work of historical fiction as an act of channelling ". Review by Sara O'Leary, The Globe and Mail , 21 March 2014.
↑ "Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada" . Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
↑ Rosenthal, Caroline (2003). Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich . Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-267-3 .
↑ James Adams, "Local writers nominated for award". Edmonton Journal , May 16, 1985.
↑ Judy Stoffman, "It's Atwood ahead again in book race". Toronto Star , October 18, 1996.
↑ "Isobel Gunn" . Quill and Quire . 2004-02-22. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
External links
Marian Engel Award (1986-2007) Timothy Findley Award (2002-2007) Engel/Findley Award (2008-present)
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