Warren Cariou is a writer and Associate Professor of English

English literature

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 at the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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Biography

Warren Cariou received a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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 and an MA and PhD from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 (1998). In 1999 he published a book of short stories: The Exalted Company of Roadside Martyrs with Coteau Books. This was followed up in 2002 with his memoir Lake of the Prairies, which gained him a wider audience. It won the 2002 Drainie-Taylor Prize for Biography and was shortlisted for the 2004 Charles Taylor Prize

Charles Taylor Prize

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. In 2005 he served on the jury for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize

Scotiabank Giller Prize

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. He is currently working on a novel titled Exhaust. Cariou is married to the poet and literature professor Alison Calder

Alison Calder

Alison Calder is a Canadian poet and educator.She was born in England, grew up in Saskatoon, and lives now in Winnipeg, where she teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba...

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Warren Cariou was one of three featured authors in Coming Attractions '95, and has had short stories appear in Stag Line: Stories by Men and Due West, both published by Coteau Books. As well, his fiction was awarded a CBC Literary Competition Prize in 1991.

He grew up on a farm near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan

Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan

Meadow Lake is a city located in north west Saskatchewan, Canada about north east of Lloydminster and north of North Battleford. On November 9, 2009, it officially became Saskatchewan's 14th city....

 , a place he describes beautifully in Lake of the Prairies. He has worked as a construction labourer, a technical writer and a political advisor. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto and now teaches Aboriginal Literature at the University of Manitoba.

Honours

• 2002 Drainie-Taylor Prize for Biography
• 2005 Greifswald Canadian Studies
  Canadian Studies
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   Fellow in Residence, University of Greifswald, Germany