Amanda Leduc
Amanda Leduc | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | amandaleduc |
Amanda Leduc is a Canadian writer. She is known primarily for her 2020 book, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space.
Career
Leduc's first novel, The Miracles of Ordinary Men, was published in 2013 by ECW Press. The novel alternates perspectives between Sam, a man who has recently begun sprouting wings, and Lilah.[1]
Leduc is the Communications and Development Coordinator for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) in Brampton, Ontario.[2] FOLD is Canada's first festival for diverse authors and stories.[3]
In 2020, Leduc's non-fiction book, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space was published by Coach House Books.[4] The book discusses representations of disability in fairy tales.[5] Disfigured is part memoir and explores Leduc's personal experiences as a disabled person.[6] Leduc was interested in challenging the idea that disability is "synonymous with an unhappy ending".[7] She began writing it after walking in the forest in 2018 and considering how forests, the setting of many fairy tales, are often inherently inaccessible to disabled individuals.[8]
Personal life
Leduc was born in British Columbia.[8] She has congenital cerebral palsy and as a young child developed a limp as a consequence of an operation to remove a cyst from her brain.[9] Leduc also has spastic hemiplegia.[7]
Leduc currently lives in Hamilton, Ontario.[8]
Works
- The Miracles of Ordinary Men (2013)[1]
- Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (2020)[10]
- The Centaur's Wife (2021)[11][12][13]
Awards
In 2015, Leduc was a finalist for the Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Fiction.[8] Leduc's short story, "All This, and Heaven Too", was long-listed for the 2019 CBC short story prize.[14]
References
- ^ a b Berry, David (2013-11-01). "Amanda Leduc: 'Fascination with guilt and penance are primal'". National Post. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ "The best Canadian nonfiction of 2020". CBC. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Our Team". The FOLD. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ "Disfigured". CBC Books. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "Amanda Leduc reimagines the power of people with disabilities in fairy tales with Disfigured". CBC Radio. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ Corkum, Trevor (2020-03-31). "The Chat with Amanda Leduc". 49thshelf.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ a b Carter, Sue (2020-01-09). "'Princesses are never disabled:' Hamilton author Amanda Leduc takes on fairy-tale culture". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ a b c d ""This Was the Perfect Time for Me to Tell the Story" Amanda Leduc Talks Fairy Tales, Disability, and Progress in Her New Book". open-book.ca. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ Charles, Ron (2020-02-27). "Review | In 'Disfigured,' a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ Aiello, K. J. (2020-02-03). "Author Amanda Leduc calls for making space for the disabled, even in our fairy stories". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ "The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ Wong, Alice (2020-02-10). "Q&A with Amanda Leduc on Fairy Tales and Disability". Disability Visibility Project. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ Porter, Ryan (2020-01-20). "Amanda Leduc's disability justice critique of fairy tales speaks to our own ableist society". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "All This, and Heaven Too by Amanda Leduc". CBC. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
