Merrily Weisbord
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Merrily Weisbord is a Canadian
non-fiction writer, best known for her 2010 book The Love Queen of Malabar, a memoir of her longtime friendship with the late India
n writer Kamala Das
. The book was a nominee for the 2010 Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize
.
Her other books include Dogs with Jobs, The Valour and the Horror
(coauthored with Merilyn Simonds
), Our Future Selves: Love, Life, Sex and Aging and The Strangest Dream.
She is based in Montreal
, Quebec
.
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...
non-fiction writer, best known for her 2010 book The Love Queen of Malabar, a memoir of her longtime friendship with the late India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n writer Kamala Das
Kamala Das
Kamala Suraiyya was a major Indian English poet and literateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala state, South India...
. The book was a nominee for the 2010 Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize
Charles Taylor Prize
The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian historian and writer....
.
Her other books include Dogs with Jobs, The Valour and the Horror
The Valour and the Horror
The Valour and the Horror was a Canadian television documentary miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 1992. It was a co-production between the CBC. the National Film Board of Canada and Galafilm Inc. The films were also broadcast by Radio-Canada, the French network of the CBC...
(coauthored with Merilyn Simonds
Merilyn Simonds
Merilyn Simonds is a Canadian writer.- Biography :Merilyn Simonds spent her childhood in Brazil, and returned to Canada as a teenager, where she was educated at the University of Western Ontario. She subsequently worked as a freelance writer, and was an editor of Harrowsmith.Her most famous book...
), Our Future Selves: Love, Life, Sex and Aging and The Strangest Dream.
She is based in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.