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Myriam J. A. Chancy

October 17, 2023

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]

Early life Edit

Chancy was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti before relocating during childhood to Quebec City, and then to Winnipeg, Canada. She attended the University of Manitoba in Manitoba, Canada, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy with Honors. Following that, she received her master's degree in English literature from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she wrote her thesis on "James Baldwin and the Dissolution of the Color Line." She received her Ph.D. in English at the University of Iowa in 1994.[1]

Career Edit

Chancy has held several positions in academia over the course of her lifetime. She has taught English and Women's Studies at Vanderbilt University, at Arizona State University, and at Louisiana State University. Additionally, she has held visiting professorships at both Smith College and the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] She formerly taught courses in African Diaspora Studies, Caribbean Literature, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Feminist Theory, Women's Studies, and creative writing (Fiction), at the University of Cincinnati as a Professor of English & Africana Studies.[4] From 2002 until 2004, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the academic arts journal Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, receiving the Phoenix Award for Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.[5] Chancy served on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of the Modern Language Association from 2010-2012 and on the Advisory Council in the Humanities of the Fetzer Institute from 2011-2013.

Spirit of Haiti, her first novel, was a Commonwealth Prize Finalist. It was followed by The Scorpion's Claw. Chancy's third novel, The Loneliness of Angels was the 2011 recipient of the Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award for Best Fiction. Her academic work Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (1997) served as one of the first books to address exile as a defining aspect of Afro-Caribbean women's experiences. Her second 1997 book, Framing Silence, was the first book-length study devoted to Haitian women's literature as a field of analysis. Framing Silence examined six writers: Mme. Virgil Valcin, Annie Desroy, Nadine Magloire, Marie Chauvet, Jan J. Dominique, Anne-christine d'Adesky and Edwidge Danticat.[6] Chancy was granted early tenure on the basis of these two books. She published From Sugar to Revolution: Women's Visions of Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic in 2012 and received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for Literary Criticism in 2014. In 2021, her novel on the 2010 Haiti earthquake, What Storm, What Thunder by Harper Collins Canada and Tin House was published. It was shortlisted for the Caliba Golden Poppy Award, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Literary works Edit

  • Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (Temple University Press, 1997)
  • Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women (Rutgers University Press, 1997)
  • Spirit of Haiti (London: Mango Publications, 2003)
  • The Scorpion's Claw (Peepal Tree Press, 2005)
  • The Loneliness of Angels (Peepal Tree Press, 2010)
  • From Sugar to Revolution: Women's Visions of Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2012)
  • What Storm, What Thunder (Harper Collins Canada, 2021)

Awards Edit

  • 1998 - Outstanding Academic Book Award by Choice for Searching for Safe Spaces
  • 2004 - Phoenix Award for Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals
  • 2011 - Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award (Best Fiction) for The Loneliness of Angels
  • 2014 - John S. Guggenheim Fellowship

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c 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. 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. ^ a b 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 14 November 2014.
  5. ^ Giordano, John; Aiossa, Elizabeth; Ross, Jon; Louima, Gariot Pierre (2012). "An Interview with Myriam J.A. Chancy". Penumbra. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  6. ^ Kevin Meehan (Spring 1999). "Review: Haiti, History, and the Gods by Joan Dayan; Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women by Myriam J. A. Chancy". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 18 (1): 126–130. JSTOR 464356.

External links Edit

  • Official website

October 17, 2023
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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 update 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 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Literary works 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditChancy was born and raised in Port au Prince Haiti before relocating during childhood to Quebec City and then to Winnipeg Canada She attended the University of Manitoba in Manitoba Canada where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy with Honors Following that she received her master s degree in English literature from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia Canada where she wrote her thesis on James Baldwin and the Dissolution of the Color Line She received her Ph D in English at the University of Iowa in 1994 1 Career EditChancy has held several positions in academia over the course of her lifetime She has taught English and Women s Studies at Vanderbilt University at Arizona State University and at Louisiana State University Additionally she has held visiting professorships at both Smith College and the University of California Santa Barbara 1 She formerly taught courses in African Diaspora Studies Caribbean Literature Postcolonial Literature and Theory Feminist Theory Women s Studies and creative writing Fiction at the University of Cincinnati as a Professor of English amp Africana Studies 4 From 2002 until 2004 she served as the Editor in Chief of the academic arts journal Meridians feminism race transnationalism receiving the Phoenix Award for Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals 5 Chancy served on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of the Modern Language Association from 2010 2012 and on the Advisory Council in the Humanities of the Fetzer Institute from 2011 2013 Spirit of Haiti her first novel was a Commonwealth Prize Finalist It was followed by The Scorpion s Claw Chancy s third novel The Loneliness of Angels was the 2011 recipient of the Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award for Best Fiction Her academic work Searching for Safe Spaces Afro Caribbean Women Writers in Exile 1997 served as one of the first books to address exile as a defining aspect of Afro Caribbean women s experiences Her second 1997 book Framing Silence was the first book length study devoted to Haitian women s literature as a field of analysis Framing Silence examined six writers Mme Virgil Valcin Annie Desroy Nadine Magloire Marie Chauvet Jan J Dominique Anne christine d Adesky and Edwidge Danticat 6 Chancy was granted early tenure on the basis of these two books She published From Sugar to Revolution Women s Visions of Haiti Cuba and the Dominican Republic in 2012 and received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for Literary Criticism in 2014 In 2021 her novel on the 2010 Haiti earthquake What Storm What Thunder by Harper Collins Canada and Tin House was published It was shortlisted for the Caliba Golden Poppy Award and the Aspen Words Literary Prize Literary works EditSearching for Safe Spaces Afro Caribbean Women Writers in Exile Temple University Press 1997 Framing Silence Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women Rutgers University Press 1997 Spirit of Haiti London Mango Publications 2003 The Scorpion s Claw Peepal Tree Press 2005 The Loneliness of Angels Peepal Tree Press 2010 From Sugar to Revolution Women s Visions of Haiti Cuba and the Dominican Republic Wilfrid Laurier UP 2012 What Storm What Thunder Harper Collins Canada 2021 Awards Edit1998 Outstanding Academic Book Award by Choice for Searching for Safe Spaces 2004 Phoenix Award for Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals 2011 Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award Best Fiction for The Loneliness of Angels 2014 John S Guggenheim FellowshipReferences Edit a b c Chancy Myriam Myriam J A Chancy Myriam J A Chancy Retrieved 14 November 2014 Isma Ardain 18 January 2008 A conversation with renowned author Myriam Chancy CSMS Magazine CSMS Magazine Retrieved 14 November 2014 McMaken L 25 November 2011 Welcome Award Winning Author Myriam Chancy Reader s Entertainment Magazine Readers Entertainment Retrieved 14 November 2014 a b 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 14 November 2014 Giordano John Aiossa Elizabeth Ross Jon Louima Gariot Pierre 2012 An Interview with Myriam J A Chancy Penumbra Retrieved 14 November 2014 Kevin Meehan Spring 1999 Review Haiti History and the Gods by Joan Dayan Framing Silence Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women by Myriam J A Chancy Tulsa Studies in Women s Literature 18 1 126 130 JSTOR 464356 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Myriam J A Chancy amp oldid 1171310805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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