- Nancy Bauer
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Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke (born 1934) is a Canadian female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines.[1]
Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1956. She moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965.[2]
From 1967 until 1983, Bauer was the publisher of 25 New Brunswick Chapbooks. She founded the Maritime Writers Workshop, and has served as writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick,[3] the Cape Cod Writers Conference, East Word One, and Bemidji State University.
She is married to Bill Bauer, writer and retired professor.[2] She now is writing articles in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal.
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Awards
- 2nd prize, CBC Literary Competition, 1982.
- Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts, 1999.
Selected bibliography
- "Finding a pattern with soothing words", New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, February 6th, 2010
- "A matter of joining forces", New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, April 25th, 2009
- Flora, Write this Down. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1982.
- Wise Ears. Ottawa: Oberon, 1985.
- The Opening Eye. Ottawa: Oberon, 1988.
- Samara, the Wholehearted. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1991.
- The Irrational Doorways of Mr. Gerard. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1994.
References
- ^ http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/nancy_bauer.shtml
- ^ a b http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=1050&L=
- ^ Mitcham, Allison; Quigley, Theresia (2000). Maritime Voices: Twentieth Century Stories by Women. DreamCatcher Pub.. p. 13. ISBN 9781894372060. http://books.google.com/books?id=6PEa-WBzYpkC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Nancy+Bauer+brunswick#v=onepage&q=Nancy%20Bauer%20brunswick&f=false. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1934 births
- Living people
- Mount Holyoke College alumni
- Writers from New Brunswick
- People from Boston, Massachusetts
- People from Fredericton
- University of New Brunswick
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