Louise Abbott
Louise Abbott (born in 1950)[1] is a Canadian non-fiction writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Quebec's Eastern Townships. She graduated from McGill University in 1972,[2] and is a writer and photographer, with work having appeared in: the Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Canadian Heritage and Photo Life.[3]
Awards[]
Abbott received the 2002 Canadian Journalism Foundation Greg Clark Internship Award,[4] and in the same year the Professional Writers Association of Canada's Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism.[5] Her first book, The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St. Lawrence, was a finalist for the 1989 QSPELL Award (Quebec Society for the Promotion of English-Language Literature, now the Quebec Writers' Federation).[5]
In 2014, her documentary, Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story, won the inaugural Jasper Short Film Festival Best Film by an Established Filmmaker award.[6]
Publications[]
- The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St Lawrence (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988)
- The French Shore
- A Country So Wild and Grand
- The Heart of the Farm
- Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree/Terre des Cris (COTA, 2010)[2]
- Memphrémagog: An Illustrated History (volume 1)
Films[]
- The Pinnacle and the Poet
- Alexander Walbridge: The Visionary of Mystic
- Giving Shelter
- Crisscrossing Space and Time
- A Journey to Remember
- Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story
References[]
- ^ "Louise Abbott". Clara: Database of Women Artists. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Curran, Peggy (24 November 2010). "McGill alums Louise Abbott, Niels Jensen and tales of the Cree". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Holmes, Gillian (1999). Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999–2000. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-920966-55-1.
- ^ Greg Clark. "Louise Abbott – 2002 Award Recipient". The Canadian Journalism Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Member Profiles". The Writer's Union of Canada. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Chloë bellande. "Jasper Short Film Festival reviewed". Montreal Times. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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