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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
In May 2024, the French division of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] announced the creation of the Prix Caroline-Dawson, a literary award to honour works by emerging writers.<ref>Élise Jetté, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/nouvelle/2072725/prix-litteraire-caroline-dawson-recompense-diversite-ecriture "Le prix littéraire Caroline Dawson récompensera des personnes issues de la diversité"]. [[Radio Canada International]], May 14, 2024.</ref>
In May 2024, just a few days before Dawson's death, the French division of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] announced the creation of the Prix Caroline-Dawson, a literary award to honour works by emerging writers.<ref>Élise Jetté, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/nouvelle/2072725/prix-litteraire-caroline-dawson-recompense-diversite-ecriture "Le prix littéraire Caroline Dawson récompensera des personnes issues de la diversité"]. [[Radio Canada International]], May 14, 2024.</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:11, 8 July 2024

Caroline Dawson (1979 – May 19, 2024) was a Chilean-born Canadian writer, whose debut novel Là où je me terre was published in 2020.[1]

Biography

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Born in Valparaíso, Chile, she moved to Montreal, Quebec, in 1986 with her family as refugees from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[2] She was the sister of writer Nicholas Dawson.[3]

Dawson studied sociology at the Université de Montréal, and then taught sociology courses at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit.

Dawson died of bone cancer on May 19, 2024, at the age of 45.[4]

Career

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Là où je me terre, an autofiction about her own journey as an immigrant, was published in November 2020.[1] The novel was defended by Michel Marc Bouchard in the 2021 edition of Le Combat des livres.[5]

And the Andes Disappeared, an English translation by Anita Anand of Là où je me terre, was published in 2023 by Book*hug.[6]

In 2023, she published the poetry collection Ce qui est tu,[7] and in 2024, she published the children's book Partir de loin.[2]

Awards and honours

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Legacy

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In May 2024, just a few days before Dawson's death, the French division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced the creation of the Prix Caroline-Dawson, a literary award to honour works by emerging writers.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Dominic Tardif, "«Là où je me terre»: la colère et la gratitude de Caroline Dawson". Le Devoir, January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Marie-France Bornais, "Caroline Dawson parle avec humour et justesse de l'immigration et de l'adaptation à une nouvelle vie dans son premier album jeunesse". Le Journal de Québec, February 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "La complicité culturelle entre Caroline et Nicholas Dawson". Ici Radio-Canada Première, February 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Félix Desjardins, "L'écrivaine Caroline Dawson s'éteint à 45 ans". Le Journal de Montréal, May 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Michèle Audette remporte le Combat national des livres 2021 avec Kukum". Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.
  6. ^ Emily Mernin, "As the Andes Disappeared". Quill & Quire, December 2023.
  7. ^ Dominic Tardif, "Demain habite déjà Caroline Dawson". La Presse, February 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Manon Dumais, "Caroline Dawson remporte le 19e Prix littéraire des collégiens". Le Devoir, April 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "2024 Amazon First Novel Award shortlist revealed". Quill & Quire, May 9, 2024.
  10. ^ Élise Jetté, "Le prix littéraire Caroline Dawson récompensera des personnes issues de la diversité". Radio Canada International, May 14, 2024.
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