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Darrel J. McLeod
Canadian Cree writer (1957–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Darrel James McLeod (July 13, 1957 – August 29, 2024) was a Canadian Cree writer.[1] His memoir Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age, an account of his childhood experience of physical and sexual abuse, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards[2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize.[3]
McLeod was born in 1957 in Athabasca, Alberta.[4][5] Originally from Treaty 8 Cree territory near Smith, Alberta,[6] McLeod went on to work as a teacher, a health care worker, a land claims negotiator and as director of education and international affairs for the Assembly of First Nations.[1] He began writing the book while studying creative writing under Betsy Warland at Simon Fraser University.[1]
The book also touches both on McLeod's coming out as a gay man,[7] and on his sibling's transition as transgender.[8]
His second book, Peyakow, was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[9] McLeod died in Victoria, British Columbia on August 29, 2024, at the age of 67.[10][11]
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