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Mavis Leslie de Trafford Gallant, CC, née Young (11 August 1922 – 18 February 2014), was a Canadian writer who spent much of her life and career in France. Best known as a short story writer, she also published novels, plays and essays.
Mavis Gallant (born August 11, 1922, Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died February 18, 2014, Paris, France) was a Canadian-born writer of essays, novels, plays, and especially short stories, almost all of which were published initially in The New Yorker magazine. In unsentimental prose and with trenchant wit she delineated the isolation, detachment ...
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Feb 18, 2014 · Feb. 18, 2014. Mavis Gallant, an acclaimed short-story writer who was abandoned as a child and later left Canada for Europe, where she made her name writing about the dislocated and the ...
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Mavis Gallant, a Canadian writer who has lived in France for almost fifty years, talks about her craft, her life, and her stories in this Paris Review interview. She discusses her relationship with English and French, her travels, her influences, and her novels and collections.
Mavis Gallant, writer, born 11 August 1922; died 18 February 2014 This article was amended on 23 February 2014. The original described William Maxwell as the New Yorker's editor.
Apr 2, 2008 · A biography of Mavis Gallant, a Canadian writer who became a literary star in Paris and the New Yorker. Learn about her life, style, awards and works, such as her Montréal stories and her journals.
Jul 2, 2012 · Mavis Gallant was a prolific and acclaimed short-story writer who published over a hundred stories in The New Yorker from 1951 to 2014. She also wrote novels, essays, and diaries, and lived in exile in Europe for most of her life.
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