Andréa Ledding
Andréa Ledding is a Canadian writer, poet, and playwright based in Saskatchewan.[1] Her literary work often focuses on themes of indigeneity, Métis identity, and Canadian history, and incorporates both English, French, Michif and Cree languages.[1]
Biography[edit]
Dominion, Ledding's first play, opened Toronto's 2012 Weesageechak Festival and was the inaugural work staged at the Aki Studio Theatre in Toronto.[citation needed] Dominion is a critical commentary on Canada's history of colonization and oppression of Indigenous peoples.[2][3] The five-person play is set in a home where a couple, representing European colonizers, moves into a home and forces its previous occupants to live in the bathroom. Dominion's first director, Curtis Peeteetuce, described Ledding's work as: "It’s like a big poem, to be honest. The language is beautiful, it’s fluid, it’s very, very abstract."[2]
In 2013, Ledding earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in writing from the University of Saskatchewan, as part of the university's inaugural MFA class.[4]
Ledding is frequent contributor to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Eagle Feather News, and has also written for Canadian Geographic.[5][6]
Awards[edit]
In 2013, Ledding was a nominee for the Lieutenant Governor Arts Award.[7]
In 2016, Ledding was long-listed, short-listed, and won $1000 for three poems in the CBC Literary Prizes for Poetry.[8][not in citation given]
In 2016, Ledding was also shortlisted in Room Magazine’s 2016 poetry contest, judged by Marilyn Dumont.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About". Andréa Ledding. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fuller, Cam (October 12, 2017). "A house divided: Poem-play Dominion symbolizes colonial Canada". The Star Phoenix. Retrieved 2020-05-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Fuller, Cam (2017-10-14). "REVIEW: Dominion puts all of Canada into one fractured house". The Star Phoenix. Retrieved 2020-08-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "the paper podium" (PDF). MFA in Writing Newsletter, Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity at the University of Saskatchewan. 2. 2014.
- ↑ "Andréa Ledding | Saskatoon StarPhoenix". Retrieved 2020-05-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ rosano (2019-06-06). "Andréa Ledding". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ↑ "Tenille Campbell & Andréa Ledding: "through laughter and song" | NATIVE EARTH PERFORMING ARTS". Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ↑ ""kîwetinotahk pimâcihowin - northern journeys" by Andréa Ledding". May 12, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Andréa Ledding". Andréa Ledding. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
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