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Honours
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Carol Shields is among the most distinguished
and honoured of all writers in the Canadian literary tradition."
- Library and Archives
Canada
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 Literary
Awards
 Canadian
Authors' Association Award for Best Novel, 1976: Small Ceremonies
First prize,
CBC Annual Literary Competition, 1983: Women Waiting
Second prize,
CBC Literary Awards for Short Fiction, 1984, for Fitting
Behavior
Canadian National
Magazine Award, 1985: short story, Mrs. Turner Cutting the
Grass
Short-listed
for Governor General of Canada Literary Award, 1987: Swann:
A Mystery
Arthur Ellis
Award for Best Canadian Mystery, 1988: Swann: A Mystery
Marian Engel
Award for body of work,1990
Second prize,
Guardian Newspaper Fiction Prize, 1992: Republic of Love
Governor General
of Canada Literary Award, 1993: The Stone Diaries
Short-listed,
Man Booker Prize, 1993: The Stone Diaries
McNally Robinson
Award for Manitoba Book fo the Year, 1994: The Stone Diaries
Canadian Booksellers
Association Prize, 1994:The Stone Diaries
National Book
Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1994: The Stone Diaries
Pulitzer Prize
for Fiction, 1995: The Stone Diaries
Short-listed,
Giller Prize, 1997: Larry's Party
Orange Prize,
1998: Larry's Party
Prix de Lire
(France), 1998: Larry's Party
Charles Taylor
Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, 2002:Jane Austen
Short-listed,
Man Booker Prize, 2002:Unless
Short-listed,
Scotia Bank/Giller Prize, 2002: Unless
Ethel Wilson
Prize for best British Columbia fiction of the year, 2003: Unless
Libris Author
of the Year Award (Canadian Booksellers Association), 2003
Short-listed,
Fiction Book of the Year, Canadian Booksellers Associations,
2003:Unless
Short-listed,
Orange Prize, 2003: Unless
Honours
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Chancellor
of the University of Winnipeg, 1996 - 2000
Officer
of the Order of Canada, 1998
Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada, 1998
Chevalier
dans l'ordres des Arts et des Lettres, 2000
Order
of Manitoba, 2001
Winnipeg
Citizen of the Year, 2001
MacLean's
Magazine's Acclaimed Persons of the Year, 2001
Companion
of the Order of Canada, 2002
Queen
Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002 |
Honourary
Doctorates
University
of Ottawa (Doctor of University), 1995
Hanover
College (Humane Letters), 1996
Queen's
University (Laws), 1996
University
of Winnipeg (Letters), 1996
University
of British Columbia (Literature), 1996
University
of Toronto (Letters), 1998
Concordia
University (Laws), 1998
University
of Western Ontario (Letters), 1998
Carleton
University (Literature), 2000
Wilfred
Laurier University (Literature), 2000
Lakehead
University (Letters), 2001
University
of Victoria (Letters), 2001
University
of Calgary (Laws), 2001
University
of Manitoba (Letters), 2003
Malaspina
University and College (Letters), 2003 |
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Tributes
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... live she did, and live she does; for
as John Keats remarked, every writer has two souls, an earthly
one and one that lives on in the world of writing as a voice
in the writing itself. It's this voice, astute, compassionate,
observant, and deeply human, that will continue to speak to
her readers everywhere."
- Margaret Atwood in
the Introducton to Collected Stories
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Commemorative
bust created to honour Carol Shields
 The
University of Manitoba honoured former faculty member Carol
Shields through the official unveiling of a commemorative bust
on September 8, 2016 at Innovation Plaza. Carol taught at the
University of Manitoba for nearly two decades. She joined its
department of English in 1980 and taught students until her
retirement in 1999.
Innovation Plaza was established in 2013
to celebrate and honour University of Manitoba academic staff
who have demonstrated sustained excellence and global impact
and influence through a body of research, scholarly works or
creative activities with a series of commemorative busts.
Carol
Shields Memorial Labyrinth
The
Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth was constructed in Winnipeg
to honour the life and work of Carol Shields, officially opening
in May, 2009. Two walls of quotations from Carol's work engraved
in granite tiles form an entranceway to the labyrinth. An interpretive
station offers information about Carol Shields and her work
to visitors.
 
Books by Friends
 Blanche
Howard, who collaborated with Carol Shields on A Celibate
Season, published her collection of correspondences with
Carol over a 30 year span, in her 2007 book, A Memoir of
Friendship: The Letters Between Carol Shields & Blanche
Howard.
That same year, Eleanor Wachtel published her
collection of interviews with Carol, spanning their 16 year
long friendship in her book, Random Illuminations: Conversations
with Carol Shields.
In 2008 Arthur Motyer (with Elma Gelmer and
Carol Shields) published The Staircase Letters: An Extraordinary
Friendship at the End of Life, a touching glimpse of the
lives of three extraordinary people–two facing death and one
left behind.
Other Tributes
Routes
on the Red Carol
Shields' Manitoba Self-Directed Drive and Stroll Tour
Carol Shields
Festival of New Works at the Prairie Theatre Exchange
Manitoba Writers'
Guild, Carol Shields student award, Red River Community College
University
of Winnipeg, Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence
Carol Shields
Winnipeg Book Award
Millenium
Library, Carol Shields Auditorium, Winnipeg
Oak Park,
Illinois, Public Library, tree dedication
University
of Winnipeg, Larry Weller's bench
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