Anne Cameron

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Anne Cameron (born August 20, 1938 in Nanaimo , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian writer , poet and screenwriter who published her first work under the pseudonym Cam Hubert .

Life

Anne Cameron was born on August 20, 1938 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to a coal miner. Living halfway between the Chinese Quarter and the Indian reservation, she referred to the world of books as her real refuge in retrospect. As a teenager, she wrote her first stories on toilet paper until her mother gave her a typewriter. Married and divorced at a young age, she made up her school diploma and worked in various professions, such as telephone switching or a doctor's assistant.

She published her first plays and scripts under the pseudonym Cam Hubert . Her first play Windigo , which was based on a documentary poem, was one of the first plays to address racism against Indians in 1974 and was also performed by an Indian theater group.

The avowed lesbian lives with her partner in Tahsis , British Columbia. She previously lived in Powell River and spent most of her life on Vancouver Island . Many of her books are influenced by the myths and culture of the American Indians in northwest North America .

Works

Scripts

  • Ticket to Heaven (1981)
  • Dreamspeaker
  • Drying Up The Streets
  • A matter of choice
  • The Tin Flute (adaptation of a novel by Gabrielle Roy )
  • Mistress Madeline
  • Bomb Squad

Fiction

  • Dreamspeaker (1979)
  • Daughters of Copper Woman (1981)
    • Excerpt, in German: Daughters of the Copper Woman, in Canada for hand luggage. Stories and reports. A cultural compass. Row: books for hand luggage. Unions, Zurich 2010, 2018, pp. 73–90
  • The Journey (1982)
  • Dzelarhons: Mythology of the Northwest Coast (1986)
  • Child of Her People (1987)
  • Stubby Amberchuk & The Holy Grail (1987)
  • Tales of the Cairds (1989)
  • Women, Kids & Huckleberry Wine (1989)
  • South of an Unnamed Creek (1989)
  • Bright's Crossing (1990)
  • Escape to Beulah (1990)
  • Kick the Can (1991)
  • A Whole Brass Band (1992)
  • Wedding Cakes, Rats and Rodeo Queens (1994)
  • DeeJay & Betty (1994)
  • The Whole Fam Damily (1995)
  • Selkie (1996)
  • Aftermath (1999)
  • Those Lancasters (2000)
  • Sarah's Children (2001)
  • Hardscratch Row (2002)
  • Family Resemblances (2003)
  • Dahlia Cassidy (2004)

Poetry

  • Earth Witch (1983)
  • The Annie Poems (1987)

Children's books

  • How Raven Freed the Moon (1985)
  • How the Loon Lost her Voice (1985)
  • Raven Returns the Water (1987)
  • Orca's Song (1987)
  • Lazy Boy (1988)
  • Spider Woman (1988)
  • Raven & Snipe (1991)
  • Raven Goes Berrypicking (1991)
  • The Gumboot Geese (1992)
  • T'aal: The One Who Takes Bad Children (1998)
  • The Most Beautiful Place in the World (1998)

Awards

  • 1972 Alberta Poetry Competition
  • 1973 Bliss Carman Award for Poetry, Banff School of Fine Arts
  • 1973 Alberta Poetry Competition 1979 Gibson's Literary Award
  • 1979 Etrog for best Screenplay - Dreamspeaker
  • 1981 Nominated Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay - Ticket to Heaven
  • 1987 Gemini Award for Best Pay Television Dramatic Series- Mistress Madeline
  • Nominated, Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay - Ticket to Heaven
  • Winner of the 16th George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award.

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personal data
SURNAME Cameron, Anne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hubert, Cam (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Nanaimo , British Columbia, Canada