Lois Braun

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Occupation short story writer Name Lois Braun Notable works A Stone Watermelon		Period 1980s-2000s Nationality Canadian Role Writer
Books A Stone Watermelon, The pumpkin-eaters, The Montreal cats Nominations Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Lois Braun (born 1949 in Rosenfeld, Manitoba) is a Canadian writer. She was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1986 Governor General's Awards for her debut short story collection A Stone Watermelon.

Educated at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, she worked as a school teacher in Altona until her retirement in 2003. She published three further collections of short stories, and won the Margaret Laurence Award from the Manitoba Book Awards in 2008 for The Penance Drummer.

Works

A Stone Watermelon (1986, ISBN 978-0888011077)

The Pumpkin-Eaters (1990, ISBN 978-0888011480)

The Montreal Cats (1995, ISBN 978-0888011992)

The Penance Drummer (2007, ISBN 978-0888013279)

References

Lois Braun Wikipedia

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