Nancy Vickers (writer) explained

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

Notes and 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, voixartistques, 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. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2023/05/09/charlie-angus-cliff-cardinal-among-trillium-book-award-nominees.html "MP Charlie Angus, poet Cliff Cardinal among Trillium Book Award nominees"
  7. Paul Gessell, "Doyle wins prize for latest novel: Ottawa Literary Awards presented last night". Ottawa Citizen, April 25, 2003.
  8. https://quillandquire.com/omni/tim-cook-and-jean-van-loon-among-winners-of-2023-ottawa-book-awards/ "Tim Cook and Jean Van Loon among winners of 2023 Ottawa Book Awards"
  9. Chris Lackner, "Light, camera and lots of action action with Ottawa native Karim Hussain". Ottawa Citizen, March 11, 2016.

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