Lisa Bird-Wilson
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| Occupation | Author, poet |
| Genre | Fiction, nonfiction, poetry |
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Lisa Bird-Wilson is a Métis and nêhiyaw writer from Saskatchewan of indigenous origin.
Biography
[edit | edit source]A survivor of the Sixties Scoop, as a child Bird-Wilson was adopted, disconnecting her from her Cree and Métis heritage.[1] This experience informs much of her writing.[1]
Bird-Wilson's debut collection of short stories, Just Pretending (2013), was chosen as the Saskatchewan Library Association's 2019 One Book One Province.[1] The book won four Saskatchewan Book Awards (including 2014 book of the year), and was a finalist for the 2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[2][3] Reviewing the stories for The /tƐmz/ Review, Amy Mitchell says "the stories and characters are so alive, and the writing is so beautiful in its stripped-down simplicity."[4]
She has also published poetry and non-fiction books.[citation needed]
As of 2021[update], Bird-Wilson is CEO of the Gabriel Dumont Institute, the education arm of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan.[5][6] She is also a founding board member and chair of the Ânskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle and founding president of the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network.[7]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2014
- Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Just Pretending[3]
- University of Regina Book of the Year for Just Pretending[8]
- SaskPower Fiction Award for Just Pretending[8]
- Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples' Writing Award for Just Pretending[8]
- First Nations University of Canada Aboriginal Peoples' Publishing Award for Just Pretending[8]
- YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Arts, Culture or Heritage[9]
- 2017
- John Hodgin's Founder Award for short story "Counselling"[10]
- 2018
- Saskatchewan Arts Board, RBC Emerging Artist Award[7]
- 2019
- Silver Medal, Column, National Magazine Awards for "Clowns, Cake, Canoes: This is Canada?"[11]
- 2022
- Shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award for Probably Ruby[12]
- Finalist for the 2022 Governor General's Award for English Fiction for "Probably Ruby";[13] 2022
Works
[edit | edit source]- An Institute of Our Own: A History of the Gabriel Dumont Institute, non-fiction (Gabriel Dumont Press, 2011)
- Just Pretending, short stories (Coteau Books, 2013)
- The Red Files, poetry (Nightwood Editions, 2016)
- Probably Ruby, novel (Doubleday Canada, 2021)[14]
References
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Further reading
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Lisa Bird-Wilson; Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Archived 2020-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Lisa Bird-Wilson Website
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