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Carol Shields

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    (June 2, 1935-July 16, 2003)
    Died at 68 from breast cancer complications in Victoria, British Columbia
    Wrote and published books: 'Small Ceremonies,' 'The Box Garden,' 'Susanna Moodie: Voice and Vision,' 'Happenstance,' 'A Fairly Conventional Woman,' 'Various Miracles,' 'Swann,' 'The Orange Fish,' 'The Republic of Love,' 'The Stone Diaries,' 'Larry's Party' and 'Unless'
    Wrote poetry collections: 'Others,' 'Intersect' and 'Coming To Canada'
    Wrote Plays: 'Departures and Arrivals' and 'Thirteen Hands'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was born on a kitchen floor.
    Before she wrote 'The Stone Diaries,' she was only really known in Canada.
    Unfortunately, she couldn't show up to a tribute for her, because she was too ill to attend (2002).

Why she might not be annoying:

    After she received an M.A. at the University of Ottawa, she got married, moved to Canada and had five children.
    She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 and spoke openly about it and kept writing.
    Her marriage lasted for more than 46 years until her death.
    She was the only Canadian to win the Pulitzer-prize, for her book 'The Stone Diaries.'
    She was an English professor at the University of Manitoba.
    A poem she submitted into a young writers' competition won first prize.
    For the pictures of the characters in 'The Stone Diaries,' she took photos of things in museums, antique shops and a Parisian postcard market.
    She had popular books and she won many different awards.

Credit: Whitestrpsrocker


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 55 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 106 Votes: 55.66% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 185 Votes: 51.89% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 244 Votes: 54.10% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 178 Votes: 55.62% Annoying