Myriam J. A. Chancy facts for kids
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Myriam J. A. Chancy
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Chancy at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba; Dalhousie University; University of Iowa |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Notable work
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Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (1997); Framing Silence (1997); The Loneliness of Angels (2010) |
Myriam J. A. Chancy, born in 1970, is a talented writer. She is from Haiti, Canada, and the United States. She is known for her books about Haitian culture and women's experiences. Her novels have won many important awards. She is also a special member of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Today, she teaches at Scripps College.
Growing Up
Myriam Chancy was born in 1970 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As a child, she moved to Quebec City in Canada. Later, her family moved to Winnipeg, Canada.
She went to the University of Manitoba. There, she earned a degree in English and Philosophy. She then got her master's degree from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. In 1994, she earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa.
Her Career
Myriam Chancy has taught at many universities. She has been a professor at places like Vanderbilt University and Arizona State University. She also taught at Louisiana State University. She has been a visiting professor at Smith College. She also taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
She used to teach at the University of Cincinnati. Her subjects included Caribbean Literature and creative writing. From 2002 to 2004, she was the main editor for a journal. This journal was called Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism. She won an award for her work as an editor.
Her Books
Myriam Chancy has written several novels. Her first novel was Spirit of Haiti. It was a finalist for the Commonwealth Prize. After that, she wrote The Scorpion's Claw.
Her third novel, The Loneliness of Angels, won a big award. It received the Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award in 2011. This was for the best fiction book.
Chancy also writes academic books. Her book Searching for Safe Spaces came out in 1997. It was one of the first books to discuss how Afro-Caribbean women feel when they live in exile. Her other 1997 book was Framing Silence. This book was the first to study Haitian women's literature. It looked at the works of six different writers.
In 2012, she published From Sugar to Revolution. She received the famous Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. This award was for her literary criticism. In 2021, she published What Storm, What Thunder. This novel is about the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It was nominated for several awards.
List of Works
- Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (1997)
- Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women (1997)
- Spirit of Haiti (2003)
- The Scorpion's Claw (2005)
- The Loneliness of Angels (2010)
- From Sugar to Revolution: Women's Visions of Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic (2012)
- What Storm, What Thunder (2021)
Awards and Honors
- 1998: Outstanding Academic Book Award for Searching for Safe Spaces
- 2004: Phoenix Award for Editorial Achievement
- 2011: Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award for The Loneliness of Angels
- 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship
