Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize
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Inuk writer Norma Dunning is the 2021 winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction.
One of her girls, "Tainna: The Unseen Ones," has given the Inuk writer a whole lot to be proud of, as the 2021 winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction.
Dunning said she didn't know the book of short stories had been submitted for the $25,000 prize until she opened her inbox last month to find out "Tainna" had been named as a finalist.
The Edmonton author, academic and grandmother said the win affords her a level of visibility that she's often denied as an older Indigenous woman.
"For someone who's been a lifelong writer, it's a validation of the work that I put forward," Dunning, 62, said by phone ahead of the awards announcement on Wednesday. "It's just a beautiful reward at the end of it all."
