Lee Maracle

Karen Macfarlane (Mount Saint Vincent University)

Ed. by Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.5: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - Canada.
Vol. editors: Joshua Bartlett (High Point University), Renate Eigenbrod (University of Manitoba), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 2 Jul 1950
Died 11 Nov 2021
Activity 1970-2021

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

First Nations/Indigenous Canadian

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Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist

Resources

Maracle's Works

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Born on July 2, 1950, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lee Maracle spent her young adulthood moving among Vancouver, Toronto, and the United States, participating in the hippie, Black panther, and Red Power “counter cultures”. The insights into the politics of colonialism, racism, gender, poverty, and class afforded through her connection with and resistance to these groups politicized Maracle and continue to influence her life and work. Lee Maracle is a member of the Sto:loh First Nation. She attended Simon Fraser University and has been a visiting professor and internationally sought-after public lecturer.

Maracle's fiction is often focused on inter- and intra-generational relations and perspectives. In this way, she does not allow for a single, unified “First Nations”

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Citation: Macfarlane, Karen. "Lee Maracle". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 November 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5331, accessed 25 November 2024.]