Nancy Vickers (writer)

Nancy Vickers (born 1946) is a Canadian writer based in Ottawa, Ontario.[1] She is most noted as winner of the 1997 Trillium Book Award, French for her novel Le Pied de Sappho.[2]

Born and raised in Arvida, Quebec, she has lived in Ottawa since 1967.[3] She published her first poetry collection, Au parfum du sommeil, in 1989.[4]

She was also a Trillium nominee in 2009 for Aeterna: Le jardin des immortelles[5] and in 2023 for Capharnaum,[6] and has been a two-time Ottawa Book Award winner for La Petite Vieille aux poupées in 2003[7] and Capharnaum in 2023.[8]

She is the mother of filmmaker Karim Hussain.[9]

  1. ^ Rudy Chabannes, "Nancy Vickers remporte le Prix du livre d’Ottawa". TFO, October 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Anne Michaels wins Trillium". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, April 19, 1997.
  3. ^ Suzon Demers, "Nancy Vickers, Aeterna Le jardin des immortelles, voix artistques, Les Éditions David, Ottawa, 2008, 144 pages". Liaison, Number 144 (Summer 2009).
  4. ^ Paul-François Sylvestre, "Pour Nancy Vickers, la Mort devient la Muse". L'Express, January 27, 2009.
  5. ^ "Nino Ricci novel among Trillium Prize contenders". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2009.
  6. ^ "MP Charlie Angus, poet Cliff Cardinal among Trillium Book Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Paul Gessell, "Doyle wins prize for latest novel: Ottawa Literary Awards presented last night". Ottawa Citizen, April 25, 2003.
  8. ^ "Tim Cook and Jean Van Loon among winners of 2023 Ottawa Book Awards". Quill & Quire, October 13, 2023.
  9. ^ Chris Lackner, "Light, camera and lots of action action with Ottawa native Karim Hussain". Ottawa Citizen, March 11, 2016.