1. Mavis Gallant was educated at 17 public, private, and convent schools in the United States and Canada.
15 Facts About Mavis Gallant
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Mavis Gallant married John Gallant, a Winnipeg musician, in 1942.
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Mavis Gallant left journalism in 1950 to pursue fiction writing full-time.
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Mavis Gallant moved to Europe with the hope of being able to work exclusively as a writer rather than supporting herself with other work, and lived briefly in Spain before settling in Paris, France, where she resided for the remainder of her life.
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Mavis Gallant published 116 stories in The New Yorker throughout her career, putting her in the same league as John Cheever or John Updike.
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Alongside Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant is one of only a few Canadian authors whose works have regularly appeared in the magazine.
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Mavis Gallant was candid about her desire for autonomy and privacy.
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Lamey offers historical material to suggest that Mavis Gallant's story is informed by this debate.
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In 1981, Mavis Gallant was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for her contribution to literature.
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Mavis Gallant was promoted to Companion of the Order in 1993.
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In 1989, Mavis Gallant was made a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Mavis Gallant served on the jury of the Giller Prize in 1997.
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In 2000, Mavis Gallant won the Matt Cohen Prize, and in 2002 she received the Rea Award for the Short Story.
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On November 8,2006, Mavis Gallant received the Prix Athanase-David from the government of her native province of Quebec.
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Mavis Gallant was the first author writing in English to receive this award in its 38 years of existence.