Carol Shields - Wikipedia Carol Shields From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the author. For the ophthalmologist specialising in ocular oncology, see Carol Shields (ophthalmologist). For the actor, see Karl Shiels. Carol Shields Born Carol Ann Warner (1935-06-02)June 2, 1935 Oak Park, Illinois Died July 16, 2003(2003-07-16) (aged 68) Victoria, British Columbia Occupation Author Nationality Canada US Period 1972–2002 Carol Ann Shields, CC OM FRSC (June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Death and legacy 4 Honours and awards 5 Bibliography 5.1 Novels 5.2 Short stories 5.3 Poetry 5.4 Plays 5.5 Criticism 5.6 Biography 5.7 Anthologies 5.8 Movies 6 References 7 External links Early life and education[edit] Shields was born Carol Ann Warner in Oak Park, Illinois.[1] She studied at Hanover College, in Indiana,[1] where she became a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. A United Nations scholarship encouraged Shields to spend a junior year abroad 1955–1956 at the University of Exeter in England. Shields did post-graduate work at the University of Ottawa, where she received an MA in 1975. In 1955, while on British Council sponsored study week in Scotland, she met a Canadian engineering student, Donald Hugh Shields. The couple married in 1957 and moved to Canada, where they had a son and four daughters. Shields later became a Canadian citizen.[1] Career[edit] In 1973, Shields became editorial assistant for the journal Canadian Slavonic Papers while living in Ottawa 1968–1978. Her first novel, Small Ceremonies, was published in 1976, followed by The Box Garden in 1977. That year she worked as a sessional lecturer in the English Department at the University of Ottawa.[2] She taught Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia while living in Vancouver from 1978 to 1980. Shields' third novel, Happenstance, was published in 1980; that year, she and her husband settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after he was hired to teach in the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Engineering. It was here that Shields wrote her better-known books. From the fall of 1982 onward, Shields taught in the English Department at the University of Manitoba, first as an Assistant Professor (1982–1992), then as an Associate Professor (1992–1995). She published the novel Swann in 1987, and The Republic of Love in 1992. The Stone Diaries (1993) won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1993 Governor General's Award, the only book to have ever received both awards.[3] It won the U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award in 1994, and was nominated in 1993 for the Booker Prize. The Stone Diaries was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. It was also chosen as a "Notable Book" by The New York Times Book Review, which wrote "The Stone Diaries reminds us again why literature matters." Shields was made Full Professor of English in 1995, and, in 1996, she became chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Shields was the author of several short story collections, including Various Miracles (1985), The Orange Fish (1989), and Dressing Up for the Carnival (2000). She was the recipient of a Canada Council Major Award, two National Magazine Awards, the 1990 Marian Engel Award, the Canadian Author's Award, and a CBC short story award. She was appointed as an officer of the Order of Canada in 1998 and was elevated to companion of the Order in 2002. Shields was also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Manitoba. Carol Shields won the 1998 Orange Prize for Fiction for her 1997 novel Larry's Party. Her last novel, Unless (2002), was nominated for the 2002 Giller Prize, the Governor General of Canada Literary Award, the Booker Prize and the 2003 Orange Prize for Fiction. It was awarded the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. On retirement in 2000, Shields became Professor Emerita at the University of Manitoba. That year, after Don's retirement, the couple moved to Victoria, British Columbia. Shields also studied the works of Jane Austen. She wrote the biography entitled Jane Austen, which won the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction in April 2002, an award accepted by her daughter Meg on her behalf in Toronto, Ontario, on April 22, 2002. Her last novel, Unless, contains a passionate defence of female writers who write of 'domestic' subjects. Carol Shields wrote plays including "Departures and Arrivals" which has been performed hundreds of times by both amateur and professional theaters. Other celebrated plays include "Thirteen Hands" (1993), "Fashion, Power, Guilt, and the Charity of Families" (co-authored with daughter Catherine Shields)(1995), and "Unless" (with daughter Sara Cassidy)(2005). Collections of poems by Shields were published in 1972 "Others", 1974 "Intersect", and 1992 "Coming to Canada". Two collections of essays written by women about what they were not told became best sellers in Canada. "Dropped Threads" (2001) and "Dropped Threads 2" (2003) were edited by Shields and her friend and colleague Marjorie Anderson. Death and legacy[edit] Shields died in 2003 of breast cancer at age 68 in Victoria.[1][4] Following her death, six of her short stories were adapted by Shaftesbury Films into the dramatic anthology series The Shields Stories. Her earlier short story collections were republished as Collected Stories of Carol Shields in 2005. Films based on Carol Shields's novels include Swann (1996) and The Republic of Love (2003). Her final novel, Unless, was adapted as a play in 2016 by Alan Gilsenan.[5] Shields' eldest daughter, Anne Giardini, is also a writer. Giardini has contributed to the National Post as a columnist, and has published her first novel, The Sad Truth About Happiness. Anne's second novel, Advice for Italian Boys, was published in 2009.[6] Giardini and her son, Nicholas, edited a book of Shields' thoughts and advice on writing, Startle and Illuminate, published in 2016.[7] Shields' youngest daughter, Sara Cassidy, has published many children's books and young adult novels, including Slick (2010), Windfall (2011), A Boy Named Queen (2016), and Nevers (2019). In 2020, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction was announced as a new literary award to honour writing by Canadian and American women.[8] Honours and awards[edit] the Canadian Authors' Association Award for the Best Novel of 1976 (Small Ceremonies) the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian Mystery (Swann: A Mystery) the Booker Prize Shortlist (The Stone Diaries'; Unless""') the Governor General's Award (The Stone Diaries) the National Book Critics Circle Award (The Stone Diaries) the Pulitzer Prize (The Stone Diaries)[9] the Orange Prize (Larry's Party) the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Jane Austen) nominations for the Giller Prize (Larry's Party and Unless) the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement[10] Bibliography[edit] Novels[edit] Small Ceremonies, 1976 (winner of the Canadian Author's Association Award) The Box Garden, 1977 (Later published in a joint edition with Small Ceremonies as Duet) Happenstance, 1980 A Fairly Conventional Woman, 1982 (Later published as a joint edition with Happenstance as Happenstance) Swann: A Mystery, 1987 (UK title: Mary Swann)(Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian Mystery, 1988) A Celibate Season, 1991 (with Blanche Howard) The Republic of Love, 1992 The Stone Diaries, 1993 (winner of the Governor General's Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize) Larry's Party, 1997 (winner of the Orange Prize, and the Prix de Livre) Unless, 2002 (winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, shortlisted in 2002 Man Booker Prize and ScotiaBank/Giller Prize, and shortlisted in 2003 Orange Prize) Short stories[edit] Words, 1985 Various Miracles, 1985 The Orange Fish, 1989 Dressing Up for the Carnival, 2000 Collected Stories. Toronto: Random House, 2004. Poetry[edit] Others. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1972. Intersect. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1974. Coming to Canada. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1992. Plays[edit] Departures and Arrivals, 1990 Thirteen Hands, 1993 Fashion Power Guilt and the Charity of Families, 1995 (with Catherine Shields) Anniversary: A Comedy, 1998 (with Dave Williamson) Women Waiting, 1983 Unless, 2005 Larry's Party - the Musical, 2000 (adapted by Richard Ouzounian with music by Marek Norman) Thirteen Hands and Other Plays. Toronto: Vintage, 2002. Criticism[edit] Susanna Moodie: Voice and Vision, 1976 Biography[edit] Jane Austen. New York: Viking, 2001. Anthologies[edit] Dropped Threads: What We aren't Told. Toronto: Vintage, 2001. (edited with Marjorie Anderson) Dropped Threads 2: More of What We aren't Told. Toronto: Vintage, 2003. (edited with Marjorie Anderson) Movies[edit] Swann 1996 The Republic of Love 2003 References[edit] ^ a b c d Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (July 18, 2003). "Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist, Dies at 68". The New York Times. ^ "Carol Shields". The Guardian, Alex Clark, 18 Jul 2003 ^ "The 'indecently curious' Carol Shields". Donna Bailey Nurse, Maclean's, May 1, 2016 ^ Barbara Ellen, "Human Shields". The Guardian, April 28, 2002. ^ Julie Crawford, "Family mystery at the heart of Carol Shields' final novel". North Shore News, October 14, 2016. ^ Marsha Lederman, "Daughter of Carol Shields reflects on her own literary awakening". The Globe and Mail, February 13, 2015. ^ Marsha Lederman, "Collection of Carol Shields's advice illuminates the writing life". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2016. ^ Deborah Dundas, "New $150,000 Carol Shields fiction prize 'to shine a light on women writers'". Toronto Star, February 7, 2020. ^ "The 1995 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction". Pulitzer Prize website ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement. External links[edit] Biography portal The Carol Shields Literary Trust "Carol Shields" in Canadian Writers: an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada Carol Shields's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia CBC Obituary Observer Interview with Carol Shields Profile in the Manitoba Author Publication Index Carol Shields at Find a Grave The Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth The archives of Carol Shields (Carol Shields fonds, R11805) are held at Library and Archives Canada v t e Recipients of the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award Marian Engel Award (1986-2007) Alice Munro (1986) Audrey Thomas (1987) Edna Alford (1988) Merna Summers (1989) Carol Shields (1990) Joan Clark (1991) Joan Barfoot (1992) Sandra Birdsell (1993) Jane Urquhart (1994) Bonnie Burnard (1995) Barbara Gowdy (1996) Katherine Govier (1997) Sharon Butala (1998) Janice Kulyk Keefer (1999) Anita Rau Badami (2000) Elizabeth Hay (2001) Terry Griggs (2002) Elisabeth Harvor (2003) Dianne Warren (2004) Gayla Reid (2005) Caroline Adderson (2006) Diane Schoemperlen (2007) Timothy Findley Award (2002-2007) Bill Gaston (2002) Guy Vanderhaeghe (2003) David Adams Richards (2004) Rohinton Mistry (2005) Douglas Glover (2006) Michael Crummey (2007) Engel/Findley Award (2008-present) Michael Winter (2008) David Bergen (2009) Miriam Toews (2010) Wayne Johnston (2011) Nino Ricci (2012) Lisa Moore (2013) Joan Thomas (2014) Annabel Lyon (2015) Eden Robinson (2016) Billie Livingston (2017) Alissa York (2018) v t e Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1918–1925 His Family by Ernest Poole (1918) The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (1919) The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1921) Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington (1922) One of Ours by Willa Cather (1923) The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson (1924) So Big by Edna Ferber (1925) 1926–1950 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (declined) (1926) Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield (1927) The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (1928) Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin (1929) Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge (1930) Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes (1931) The Good Earth by Pearl S. 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Scott Momaday (1969) The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford (1970) Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (1972) The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (1973) No award given (1974) The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (1975) 1976–2000 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (1976) No award given (1977) Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson (1978) The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever (1979) The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (1980) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1981) Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (1982) The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1983) Ironweed by William Kennedy (1984) Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (1985) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (1986) A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor (1987) Beloved by Toni Morrison (1988) Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (1989) The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (1990) Rabbit at Rest by John Updike (1991) A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (1992) A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler (1993) The Shipping News by E. 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