Myriam J. A. Chancy
Myriam J. A. Chancy is a Haitian-Canadian-American writer and academic. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, she later moved to Canada and eventually the United States. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and holds the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities at Scripps College. Her work, which includes both novels and scholarly books, frequently explores themes of Haitian culture, gender, class, sexuality, and the African diaspora.
Awards
['Guggenheim Fellowship', 'OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature', 'Guyana Prize for Literature Caribbean Award', 'American Book Award', 'Isis Duarte Book Prize', 'Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Gold Prize']
Notable Works
['What Storm, What Thunder', 'Village Weavers', 'The Loneliness of Angels', 'Spirit of Haiti', 'Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women']
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