Darrel J. McLeod is a Cree writer from Canada. [1] His memoir Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age, an account of his childhood experience of physical and sexual abuse, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards [2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize. [3]
Originally from Treaty 8 Cree territory near Smith, Alberta, [4] McLeod went on to work as a teacher, a health care worker, a land claims negotiator and as director of education and international affairs for the Assembly of First Nations. [1] He began writing the book while studying creative writing under Betsy Warland at Simon Fraser University. [1]
The book also touches both on McLeod's coming out as a gay man, [5] and on his sibling's transition as transgender. [6]
His second book, Peyakow, was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [7]
References
- ^ a b c "Book review: New memoir maps the terrain of reconciliation". The Province, September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Book about campus rape and an Indigenous memoir win $25,000 Governor General’s Literary Award". Toronto Star, October 30.
- ^ "Finalists for RBC Taylor Prize announced". Toronto Star, January 9, 2018.
- ^ "Sooke author among finalists for Governor General’s Literacy (sic) Awards". Monday Magazine, October 3, 2018.
- ^ "Be inspired by these new memoirs from remarkable people". Toronto Star, September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age". Quill & Quire, July 2018.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Jordan Abel & Ian Williams among five finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction". CBC Books, September 15, 2021.
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Darrel J. McLeod is a Cree writer from Canada. [1] His memoir Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age, an account of his childhood experience of physical and sexual abuse, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards [2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize. [3]
Originally from Treaty 8 Cree territory near Smith, Alberta, [4] McLeod went on to work as a teacher, a health care worker, a land claims negotiator and as director of education and international affairs for the Assembly of First Nations. [1] He began writing the book while studying creative writing under Betsy Warland at Simon Fraser University. [1]
The book also touches both on McLeod's coming out as a gay man, [5] and on his sibling's transition as transgender. [6]
His second book, Peyakow, was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [7]
References
- ^ a b c "Book review: New memoir maps the terrain of reconciliation". The Province, September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Book about campus rape and an Indigenous memoir win $25,000 Governor General’s Literary Award". Toronto Star, October 30.
- ^ "Finalists for RBC Taylor Prize announced". Toronto Star, January 9, 2018.
- ^ "Sooke author among finalists for Governor General’s Literacy (sic) Awards". Monday Magazine, October 3, 2018.
- ^ "Be inspired by these new memoirs from remarkable people". Toronto Star, September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age". Quill & Quire, July 2018.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Jordan Abel & Ian Williams among five finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction". CBC Books, September 15, 2021.
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- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century First Nations writers
- Cree people
- LGBT First Nations people
- Canadian gay writers
- Writers from Alberta
- Writers from British Columbia
- Living people
- Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- Gay memoirists
- 21st-century Canadian memoirists
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people
- Canadian writer stubs