Inuk writer Norma Dunning has won one of Canada’s top literary prizes for English-language fiction. Dunning was announced the winner of the Governor General’s Literary Awards for English-language fiction on Wednesday for her short story collection Tainna – The Unseen Ones. “Norma Dunning’s masterful storytelling uses astute detail to incite compelling characters who meet the prejudice, misogyny and inequity of the Canadian South with humour and tenacity,” says a statement on Governor General’s Literary Awards website. $25,000 prizeThe Governor General’s Literary Awards are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The complete list of the 2021 winners can be viewed on the Governor General’s Literary Awards website.

Source: CBC News November 17, 2021 16:05 UTC