Name Dora Dueck Role Writer | Education University of Manitoba | |
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Books This Hidden Thing: A Novel, What You Get at Home | ||
Dora Dueck (born 1950) is a Canadian writer. She is the author of two novels and a collection of short fiction. Her novel, This Hidden Thing, was shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award at the 2011 Manitoba Book Awards. What You Get at Home, a collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Award at the 2013 Manitoba Book Awards. It won the High Plains Book Award for Short Stories. The Malahat Review, a Canadian literary magazine, awarded its 2014 Novella Prize to her story "Mask". Her stories and articles have appeared in a variety of journals and on the CBC.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg and a Master of Arts degree in history from the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba (joint program).