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'''Audrey Grace Thomas''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (née '''Callahan''', born 17 Nov 1935) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[novelist]] and [[short story]] writer who lives on [[Galiano Island, British Columbia|Galiano Island]], [[British Columbia]].
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| honorific_suffix = [[Order of Canada|OC]]
| birth_name = Audrey Grace Callahan
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = Novelist and short story writer
| awards = [[Marian Engel Award]] (1987)
<br>[[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]] (1984, 1990, 1995)
| birth_place = [[Binghamton, New York]]
| years_active = 1965–2014
| education = {{plainlist}}
*[[Smith College]] (BA,1957)
*[[St Andrews University]]
*[[University of British Columbia]] (MA, 1963)
{{endplainlist}}
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'''Audrey Grace Thomas''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (née '''Callahan'''; born 17 November 1935)<ref name="Nischik2007">{{Cite book |last=Nischik |first=Reingard M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLwj_ZQBkhwC&pg=PA247 |title=The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations |date=2007 |publisher=Camden House |isbn=978-1-57113-127-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Veronica |date=2013-12-16 |title=Audrey Grace Thomas |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/audrey-grace-thomas |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |archive-date=2023-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211093335/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/audrey-grace-thomas |url-status=live }}</ref> is a Canadian [[novelist]] and [[short story writer]] who lives on [[Galiano Island]], [[British Columbia]]. Her stories often have feminist themes and include exotic settings.<ref name="Nischik2008">Reingard M. Nischik. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VYgTaGwa4nsC&pg=PA318 History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian]''. Camden House; 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-359-5}}. p. 318–.</ref> She is a recipient of the [[Marian Engel Award]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Thomas was born 17 November 1935 in [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=":0" /> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Smith College]] in Massachusetts in 1957,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Thomas, Audrey (Grace) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/thomas-audrey-grace |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |archive-date=2022-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208142143/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/thomas-audrey-grace |url-status=live }}</ref> then studied at [[St Andrews University|St. Andrews University]] in Scotland before teaching in England.<ref name=":0" /> In 1959, she immigrated to Canada,<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1997 |editor-last=Benson |editor-first=Eugene |location=Toronto |page=1113 |editor-last2=Toye |editor-first2=William}}</ref> where she received a [[Master of Arts]] degree from [[University of British Columbia]] in 1963.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1994, she received an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] from [[Simon Fraser University]].<ref name=":1" />
Born in [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], [[New York]] she immigrated to Canada in 1959,<ref>Eugene Benson and William Toye, eds. ''The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature.'' Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997. p. 1113.</ref> where she attended and later taught at the [[University of British Columbia]]. From 1964 to 1966 she lived in [[Ghana]], an experience which has had a deep impact on her work. In 1987 she won the [[Marian Engel Award]] for her body of work.


From 1964 to 1966, Thomas lived in [[Ghana]], and some of her stories are set there and in other distant places.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/afterword/local-customs-by-audrey-thomas-review "Local Customs, by Audrey Thomas: Review"]. ''National Post'', February 21, 2014</ref><ref>[https://roommagazine.com/issues/audrey-thomas "Audrey Thomas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926001455/http://roommagazine.com/issues/audrey-thomas |date=2020-09-26 }} | ''Room Magazine''.</ref>
She has three times received the [[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]], for ''Intertidal Life'' (1984), ''Wild Blue Yonder'' (1990), and ''Coming Down from Wa'' (1995). In 2008, she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447|title=Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada}}</ref>

She published her first story, "If One Green Bottle...", in 1967.<ref name=":0" />

Thomas lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, and wrote articles for ''[[Saturday Night Magazine (U.S.)|Saturday Night Magazine]]''.<ref>Linda L. Richards, [https://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/athomas.html "Audrey Thomas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209033450/https://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/athomas.html |date=2023-02-09 }}, ''January Magazine''.</ref>

Beginning in 1990, Thomas was a visiting professor at [[Concordia University]] in Montreal.<ref name=":1" /> 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]].<ref name=":1" />

In 2014, she published her eighteenth book, ''Local Customs''.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/local-customs-a-take-on-19th-century-womans-mysterious-death-not-so-much-a-work-of-historical-fiction-as-an-act-of-channelling/article17618210/ "Local Customs: A take on 19th Century woman's death no so much a work of historical fiction as an act of channelling"]. Review by SARA O'LEARY, ''The Globe and Mail'', 21 March 2014.</ref>

==Awards and honours==
From 1984 to 1986, Thomas received the Canada-Scotland Writer's Literary Fellowship,<ref name=":0" /> and in 1987, she won the [[Marian Engel Award]] for her body of work.<ref name=":0" /> In 1989, she receive the Canada-Australia Literary Prize.<ref name=":0" /> In 2003, she won the Terasen Lifetime Achievement Award,<ref name=":0" /> and in 2008, she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada |url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908213224/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447 |archivedate=8 September 2009}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Awards for Thomas's writing
!Year
!Title
!Award
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|1966
|"If One Green Bottle..."
|Atlantic First Award
|'''Winner'''
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1984
|''Intertidal Life''
|[[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]]
|'''Winner'''
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Rosenthal2003">{{Cite book |last=Rosenthal |first=Caroline |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1Nwh76UE8wC&pg=PA29 |title=Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich |date=2003 |publisher=Camden House |isbn=978-1-57113-267-3 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1984
|''Intertidal Life''
|[[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":0" /><ref>James Adams, "Local writers nominated for award". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', May 16, 1985.</ref>
|-
|1990
|''Wild Blue Yonder''
|[[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]]
|'''Winner'''
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1995
|''Coming Down from Wa''
|[[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]]
|'''Winner'''
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1996
|''Coming Down from Wa''
|[[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":0" /><ref>Judy Stoffman, "It's Atwood ahead again in book race". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 18, 1996.</ref>
|-
|2006
|''Tattycoram''
|[[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]]
|Shortlist
|
|}


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==


===Novels===
===Novels===
*''Mrs. Blood'' - 1970
*''Mrs. Blood'' – 1970
*''Munchmeyer and Prospero on the Island'' - 1971
*''Munchmeyer and Prospero on the Island'' – 1971
*''Songs My Mother Taught Me'' - 1973
*''Songs My Mother Taught Me'' – 1973
*''Blown Figures'' - 1974
*''Blown Figures'' – 1974
*''Latakia'' - 1979
*''Latakia'' – 1979
*''[[Intertidal Life]]'' - 1984 (nominated for a [[1984 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]])
*''Intertidal Life'' – 1984
*''Graven Images'' - 1993
*''Graven Images'' – 1993
*''Coming Down from Wa'' - 1995 (nominated for a [[1996 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]])
*''Coming Down from Wa'' – 1995
*''Isobel Gunn'' – 1999<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-22 |title=Isobel Gunn |url=https://quillandquire.com/review/isobel-gunn/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=[[Quill and Quire]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808065422/https://quillandquire.com/review/isobel-gunn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''[[Isobel Gunn (book)|Isobel Gunn]]'' - 1999
*''Tattycoram
*''Tattycoram''
*''Local Customs''
*''Local Customs'' – 2014


===Short stories===
===Short stories===


*''Ten Green Bottles'' - 1967
*''Ten Green Bottles'' – 1967
*''ladies and escorts'' - 1977
*''ladies and escorts'' – 1977
*''Real Mothers'' - 1981
*''Real Mothers'' – 1981
*''Two in the Bush and Other Stories'' - 1981
*''Two in the Bush and Other Stories'' – 1981
*''Goodbye Harold, Good Luck'' - 1986
*''Goodbye Harold, Good Luck'' – 1986
*''The Wild Blue Yonder'' - 1990
*''The Wild Blue Yonder'' – 1990
*''The Path of Totality'' - 2001
*''The Path of Totality'' – 2001


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Marian Engel Award}}
{{Marian Engel Award}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007963 Audrey Thomas's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608071400/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007963 Audrey Thomas's] entry in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
*The archives of Audrey Thomas [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3673019&lang=eng (Thomas Audrey fonds, R11818)] are held at [[Library and Archives Canada]]


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Latest revision as of 00:08, 25 April 2024

Audrey Thomas

OC
BornAudrey Grace Callahan
(1935-11-17) November 17, 1935 (age 89)
Binghamton, New York
OccupationNovelist and short story writer
NationalityCanadian
Education
Years active1965–2014
Notable awardsMarian Engel Award (1987)
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (1984, 1990, 1995)

Audrey Grace Thomas, OC (née Callahan; born 17 November 1935)[1][2] is a Canadian novelist and short story writer who lives on Galiano Island, British Columbia. Her stories often have feminist themes and include exotic settings.[3] She is a recipient of the Marian Engel Award.

Biography

[edit]

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] In 1994, she received an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University.[4]

From 1964 to 1966, Thomas lived in Ghana, and some of her stories are set there and in other distant places.[6][7]

She published her first story, "If One Green Bottle...", in 1967.[2]

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]

In 2014, she published her eighteenth book, Local Customs.[9]

Awards and honours

[edit]

From 1984 to 1986, Thomas received the Canada-Scotland Writer's Literary Fellowship,[2] and in 1987, she won the Marian Engel Award for her body of work.[2] In 1989, she receive the Canada-Australia Literary Prize.[2] In 2003, she won the Terasen Lifetime Achievement Award,[2] and in 2008, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[10]

Awards for Thomas's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1966 "If One Green Bottle..." Atlantic First Award Winner [2]
1984 Intertidal Life Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Winner [2][11]
1984 Intertidal Life Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Finalist [2][12]
1990 Wild Blue Yonder Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Winner [2]
1995 Coming Down from Wa Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Winner [2]
1996 Coming Down from Wa Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Finalist [2][13]
2006 Tattycoram Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Shortlist

Bibliography

[edit]

Novels

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]
  1. ^ Nischik, Reingard M. (2007). The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations. Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-127-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Thompson, Veronica (2013-12-16). "Audrey Grace Thomas". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  3. ^ Reingard M. Nischik. History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian. Camden House; 2008. ISBN 978-1-57113-359-5. p. 318–.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Thomas, Audrey (Grace)". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  5. ^ Benson, Eugene; Toye, William, eds. (1997). The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 1113.
  6. ^ "Local Customs, by Audrey Thomas: Review". National Post, February 21, 2014
  7. ^ "Audrey Thomas" Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine | Room Magazine.
  8. ^ Linda L. Richards, "Audrey Thomas" Archived 2023-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, January Magazine.
  9. ^ "Local Customs: A take on 19th Century woman's death no so much a work of historical fiction as an act of channelling". Review by SARA O'LEARY, The Globe and Mail, 21 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ James Adams, "Local writers nominated for award". Edmonton Journal, May 16, 1985.
  13. ^ Judy Stoffman, "It's Atwood ahead again in book race". Toronto Star, October 18, 1996.
  14. ^ "Isobel Gunn". Quill and Quire. 2004-02-22. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
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