Myriam J. A. Chancy

Myriam J. A. Chancy
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba;
Dalhousie University;
University of Iowa
OccupationWriter
Notable workSearching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (1997);
Framing Silence (1997);
The Loneliness of Angels (2010)
Websitemyriamchancy.com

Myriam J. A. Chancy (born 1970) is a Haitian-Canadian-American writer and a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[1] As of 2008, she is the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of Humanities at Scripps College of the Claremont Consortium.[2] As a writer, she focuses on Haitian culture, gender, class, sexuality, and Caribbean women's studies.[3] Her novels have won several awards, including the Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award.[4]

  1. ^ Chancy, Myriam. "Myriam J. A. Chancy". Myriam J. A. Chancy. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ Isma, Ardain (18 January 2008). "A conversation with renowned author Myriam Chancy". CSMS Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ McMaken, L. (25 November 2011). "Welcome Award Winning Author Myriam Chancy". Reader's Entertainment Magazine. Readers Entertainment. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  4. ^ Varney, Ryan (21 September 2011). "Chancy Wins an Inaugural Guyana Prize for Literature Caribbean Award 2010". University of Cincinnati, McMicken College of Arts and Science. Retrieved 8 April 2024.