Canadian
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writer. She was shortlisted for the
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
The Governor General's Award for English-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in English.1986 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
The four Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes, two each for children's book writers and ...
for her debut short story collection ''A Stone Watermelon'' published by
Turnstone Press
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Turnstone was founded in 1976 by academics David Arnason, John Beaver, D ...
.
Braun was born in
Rosenfeld
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It may refer to:
Places
* Rosenfeld, Germany, a town in Baden-Württemberg
* Rosenfeld, Manitoba, a Canadian village in the Rural Municipality of Rhineland
* Rosenfeld (Melk), a ...
,
Manitoba
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. Educated at the
University of Winnipeg
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and the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Altona until her retirement in 2003. She published three further collections of short stories, and won the Margaret Laurence Award from the Manitoba Book Awards in 2008 for ''The Penance Drummer''."Book awards something to howl about". ''
Winnipeg Free Press
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