Nancy Vickers (writer)

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Nancy Vickers (born 1946) is a Canadian writer based in Ottawa, Ontario. [1] She is most noted as winner of the 1997 Trillium Book Award, French for her novel Le Pied de Sappho. [2]

Born and raised in Arvida, Quebec, she has lived in Ottawa since 1967. [3] She published her first poetry collection, Au parfum du sommeil, in 1989. [4]

She was also a Trillium nominee in 2009 for Aeterna: Le jardin des immortelles [5] and in 2023 for Capharnaum, [6] and has been a two-time Ottawa Book Award winner for La Petite Vieille aux poupées in 2003 [7] and Capharnaum in 2023. [8]

She is the mother of filmmaker Karim Hussain. [9]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Rudy Chabannes, "Nancy Vickers remporte le Prix du livre d’Ottawa". TFO, October 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Anne Michaels wins Trillium". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , April 19, 1997.
  3. ↑ Suzon Demers, "Nancy Vickers, Aeterna Le jardin des immortelles, voix artistques, Les Éditions David, Ottawa, 2008, 144 pages". Liaison, Number 144 (Summer 2009).
  4. ↑ Paul-François Sylvestre, "Pour Nancy Vickers, la Mort devient la Muse". L'Express , January 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Nino Ricci novel among Trillium Prize contenders". The Globe and Mail , May 28, 2009.
  6. ↑ "MP Charlie Angus, poet Cliff Cardinal among Trillium Book Award nominees". Toronto Star , May 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ Paul Gessell, "Doyle wins prize for latest novel: Ottawa Literary Awards presented last night". Ottawa Citizen , April 25, 2003.
  8. ↑ "Tim Cook and Jean Van Loon among winners of 2023 Ottawa Book Awards". Quill & Quire , October 13, 2023.
  9. ↑ Chris Lackner, "Light, camera and lots of action action with Ottawa native Karim Hussain". Ottawa Citizen , March 11, 2016.
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