Norma Dunning
Norma Dunning (born 1959) is an Inuit Canadian writer,[1] who won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2018 for her short story collection Annie Muktuk and Other Stories.[2] In the same year, she won the Writers' Guild of Alberta's Howard O'Hagan Award for the short story "Elipsee", and was a shortlisted finalist for the City of Edmonton Book Award.[3] She published in 2020 a collection of poetry and stories entitled Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity.
Of Inuk descent, Dunning was born in Quebec and raised in a variety of towns as her father was a member of the Canadian military.[4] She is based in Edmonton, Alberta, where she completed her doctoral degree with Indigenous Peoples Education at the University of Alberta in June 2019.[4]
References
- ^ "Dunning, Norma | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Edmonton-based Inuk writer Norma Dunning wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Canadian Press via Global News, June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Edmonton's Indigenous writers finally being heard, Inuk author says". CBC News Edmonton, June 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Inuk writer reveals story behind award-winning fiction". Folio, June 29, 2018.
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