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Alan Dean
Lyse Champagne
BIO
Biography

Lyse Champagne's short story collection, The Light That Remains, was shortlisted for the 2017 Danuta Gleed LIterary Award for best first short story collection.  The stories are set in Turkey, Ukraine, China, France, Cambodia and Rwanda and chronicle the lives of six families before History overtakes them, snaps a picture before the film runs out. Lyse writes in English and in French.  Her stories have appeared in Antigonish Review, Descant, The New Quarterly, Room of One's Own, Wascana Review, and Windsor Review.  Her memoir of growing up French in Ontario, Double Vision: Reflections of a Bicultural Canadian was published by Key Porter Books and her play Chicane de Famille won the David Smith Playwriting Prize.  She lives in Ottawa with her family.

ADDRESS
City: Ottawa, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Literary fiction (novels and short stories), memoir, plays
LANGUAGES
English and French
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
The Light That Remains
Publisher
Great Plains Publication
Year
2016
Title
Double Vision: Reflections of a Bicultural Canadian
Publisher
Key Porter Books
Year
1990
AWARDS
Awards
Name
shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best first short story collection
Publication
The Light That Remains
Year
2017
Name
David Smith Playwriting Award
Publication
Chicane de Famille (play)
Year
1997
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Audience Size
classroom
Intended Audience
high school grades
Presentation Length
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Presentation Description
Presentation description

My short story collection, The Light That Remains, explores the lives of six families before History closes in on them.   The stories are set in Turkey (1915), Ukraine (1932-33), China (1937), occupied France (1942-43), Cambodia (1975-79) and Rwanda (1994).

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