Joan Clark | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1934 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
Joan Clark BA, D.Litt. (hon.) (née MacDonald) (born 12 October 1934) is a Canadian fiction author.
Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Clark spent her youth in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. She attended Acadia University for its drama program, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with English major in 1957.[1] She has worked as a teacher.
Clark moved to Alberta in the early 1960s with her engineer husband[2] and attended the University of Alberta before moving to Calgary in1965. There she started to write stories.[3] She lived in Alberta for two decades.[4] In 1975, she and Edna Alford started the literary journal Dandelion in that province. In 1976, she studied with W. O. Mitchell at the Banff Centre.[5] Clark also served as president of the Writers' Guild of Alberta. She eventually returned to Atlantic Canada in 1985,[4] settling in St. John's, Newfoundland. There she was a founding member of the Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.[2]
Clark served on the jury of the 2001 Giller Prize. In 2010 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2018, An Audience of Chairs, a film adaptation of her novel was released in 2018.
Awards and recognition
- 1988: fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards
- 1988: finalist, Books in Canada First Novel Award, The Victory of Geraldine Gull
- 1991: Marian Engel Award
- 1995: Geoffrey Bilson Award, The Dream Carvers
- 1998: Honorary Doctor of Letters, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
- 1999: Vicky Metcalf Award
- 2003: Geoffrey Bilson Award, The Word for Home
- 2006: longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, An Audience of Chairs
- 2010: Order of Canada
Books
- 1968: Girl of the Rockies
- 1971: Thomasina and the Trout Tree (Tundra) ISBN 0-912766-02-6
- 1977: The Hand of Robin Squires (Clarke, Irwin) ISBN 0-7720-1091-9 (La main de Robin Squires: le mystere de l'ile aux Chenes, translated by Claude Aubry (P. Tisseyre, 1984) ISBN 2-89051-158-8)
- Penguin Canada paperback editions: ISBN 0-14-031905-0, ISBN 0-14-301512-5
- other paperback editions: ISBN 0-7720-1311-X, ISBN 0-7736-7426-8
- 1982: From a High Thin Wire (NeWest) ISBN 0-920316-51-4
- 1985: Wild Man of the Woods (Viking Canada) ISBN 0-670-80015-5
- Penguin Canada paperback ISBN 0-14-031788-0
- 1987: The Moons of Madeleine (Viking Kestrel) ISBN 0-670-81284-6
- Penguin Canada paperback ISBN 0-14-032182-9
- 1988: The Victory of Geraldine Gull (Macmillan of Canada) ISBN 0-7715-9281-7
- 1990: Swimming Toward the Light (Macmillan of Canada) ISBN 0-7715-9975-7
- 1993: Eiriksdottir: A Tale of Dreams and Luck (Macmillan of Canada) ISBN 0-7715-9009-1
- 1995: The Dream Carvers (Viking Canada) ISBN 0-670-85858-7 (Les sculpteurs de rêves, translated by Catherine Germain (P. Tisseyre, 2004) ISBN 2-89051-773-X)
- Penguin Canada paperback ISBN 0-14-038629-7
- 2000: Latitudes of Melt (Knopf Canada) ISBN 0-676-97288-8
- Vintage Canada paperback , ISBN 0-676-97291-8
- 2002: The Word for Home (Viking Canada) ISBN 0-670-91121-6
- 2005: An Audience of Chairs (Knopf Canada) ISBN 0-676-97655-7
- 2015: The Birthday Lunch (Knopf Canada) ISBN 0-345-80956-4
References
- ^ "Joan Clark - Biography". Acadia University. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ a b Kirchoff, Jack (20 June 1990). "Book Notes". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Vowles, Andrew (14 October 2000). "Finding their voices: Successful novelists discuss the different routes to a writing career". The Spectator.
- ^ a b McGoogan, Kenneth (1991). Canada's Undeclared War: Fighting Words From the Literary Trenches. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd. pp. 174. ISBN 1-55059-032-4.
- ^ Dacks, Barbara (2010). Alberta Encore. Edmonton, AB: 325127 Alberta Ltd. p. 121. ISBN 9780986669804.