Gail Scott (writer)

Gail Scott
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Ottawa, Ontario
Occupationnovelist, translator, journalist
NationalityCanadian
Period1970s-present
Notable worksHeroine, My Paris, Main Brides, The Obituary

Gail Scott (born 1945) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator,[1] best known for her work in experimental forms such as prose poetry[1] and New Narrative.[2] She was a major contributor to 1980s Québécoise feminist language theory, known as écriture au féminin,[3] which explores the relationship between language, bodies, and feminist politics.[4] Many of her novels and stories deal with fragmentation in time, in subjects, and in narrative structures.[5]

  1. ^ a b "The Conversationalist: Interview With Gail Scott". Maisonneuve, October 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "Writing-Translating (from) the In-Between: An Interview with Gail Scott". Studies in Canadian Literature, Volume 31, Number 2 (2006).
  3. ^ Carrière, Marie J. (2002). Writing in the feminine in French and English Canada : a question of ethics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442683716. OCLC 666912356.
  4. ^ Gail Scott : essays on her works. Moyes, Lianne, 1963- (1st ed.). Toronto: Guernica. 2002. ISBN 1550711644. OCLC 48905668.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "A Conversation with Gail Scott". LEMONHOUND3.0. 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2018-05-09.