Maureen Hunter
Encyclopedia
Maureen Hunter is a Canadian
playwright
who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba
.
She was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan
and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan. Transit of Venus
was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
and recorded by the BBC. She was awarded a Governor General's Award for Atlantis.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
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She was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan. Transit of Venus
Transit of Venus (play)
Transit of Venus is a play by Canadian playwright Maureen Hunter. It was first produced at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in November 1992.The play is based on the life of Guillaume Le Gentil , a gentleman astronomer....
was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
and recorded by the BBC. She was awarded a Governor General's Award for Atlantis.
Works
- Poor Uncle Ernie in his Covered Cage 1986
- Footprints on the Moon - 1988 (nominated for a Governor General's Award1988 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:...
) - Beautiful Lake Winnipeg - 1990
- Transit of VenusTransit of Venus (play)Transit of Venus is a play by Canadian playwright Maureen Hunter. It was first produced at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in November 1992.The play is based on the life of Guillaume Le Gentil , a gentleman astronomer....
- 1992 - I Met a Bully on the Hill - 1995
- Atlantis - 1997 (nominated for a Governor General's Award1997 Governor General's AwardsThe winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 18 by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts...
) - The Queen of Queen Street - 1997
- VinciVinci-Places:Italy*Vinci, Tuscany, a comune in the Province of FlorenceSerbia*Vinci, Serbia, a community in Braničevo District-People:*Leonardo Vinci, an Italian composer*Roberta Vinci, an Italian tennis player...
- 2002