{{short description|Canadian writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Dora Dueck''' (born 1950) is a Canadian writer. She is the author of multiple novels, a collection of short fiction, and a collection of essays and memoir. Her most recent of which ''Like a River Divides the Earth'' came out in the first half of 2026. Her second novel, ''This Hidden Thing'', was shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award at the 2011 Manitoba Book Awards.<ref>Winnipeg Free Press, April 18, 2011 D3</ref> ''What You Get at Home'', a collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Award at the 2013 Manitoba Book Awards.<ref>[http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/2013-manitoba-book-awards-shortlist-announcedfinalistes-aux-2013-prix-du-livre-du-manitoba-devoiles/ Manitoba Writers' Guild] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023732/http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/2013-manitoba-book-awards-shortlist-announcedfinalistes-aux-2013-prix-du-livre-du-manitoba-devoiles/ |date=2014-12-13 }}</ref> It won the High Plains Book Award for Short Stories.<ref>[http://ci.billings.mt.us/index.aspx?nid=1180/ High Plains Book Awards]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Malahat Review, a Canadian literary magazine, awarded its 2014 Novella Prize to her story "Mask".<ref>[http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/contests/novella_contest/2014_winner.html/ The Malahat Review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415055558/http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/contests/novella_contest/2014_winner.html/ |date=April 15, 2014 }}</ref> ''All That Belongs'', her third novel, was published in 2019. Her stories and articles have appeared in a variety of journals and on the CBC.
She holds both a Bachelors and a Masters of Arts degree in history from the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba (joint program).<ref>[http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/d_profiles/dueck_d.html Manitoba Writers' Guild] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008065841/http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/d_profiles/dueck_d.html |date=October 8, 2006 }}</ref>
==Bibliography== * ''Under the Still Standing Sun'' Winnipeg, MB: Kindred Press (1989) * ''This Hidden Thing'' Winnipeg, MB: CMU Press (2010) * ''What You Get at Home'' Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press (2012) * ''All That Belongs'' Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press (2019) * ''Return Stroke: Essays and Memoir'' Winnipeg, MB: CMU Press (2022) * ''Like a River Divides the Earth'' Vancouver, BC: FreeHand Books (2026)
==Awards== * 2020 Shortlisted, Carol Shields Winnipeg Books Award - ''All That Belongs''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manitoba Book Awards 2020 shortlists - McNally Robinson Booksellers|url=https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-6002/Manitoba-Book-Awards-2020-shortlists|website=www.mcnallyrobinson.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> *2014 Winner, The Malahat Review - Novella Prize - ''Mask'' * 2013 Winner, High Plains Book Award - Short Stories - ''What You Get at Home'' * 2013 Shortlisted, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction - ''What You Get at Home'' * 2013 Shortlisted, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award - ''What You Get at Home'' * 2011 Shortlisted, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction - ''This Hidden Thing'' * 2011 Winner, McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award - ''This Hidden Thing''<ref>[http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-1931/Your-2011-Manitoba-Book-Award-Winners... McNally Robinson Book Award Winners]</ref> * 2000 The Duff Roblin Fellowship, University of Manitoba * 1999 Donald V. Snider Memorial Fellowship, University of Winnipeg
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