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- 1970-2009 (Creation)
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6 m of textual records and other material including:
32 VHS cassettes
194 diskettes
3 photographs
2 audio cassette
1 CD
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian author Fred Stenson was born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, on December 22, 1951. Stenson writes novels, short stories, and is a documentary film writer. His novel The Trade was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2000; two of his novels have won the Grant MacEwan Author's Prize for best Alberta book of the year: Lightning, and The Trade. The novel The Great Karoo was nominated both for the Governor General's Literary Award in Fiction (2008), and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean) (2009).
Stensn is married to the poet Pamela Banting and lives in Cochrane, Alberta.
Archival history
Donated by Fred Stenson in 2005.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence; notebooks; manuscripts of novels, short stories, film, television and radio scripts, treatments and proposals, stage plays, articles, book reviews, columns, essays and speeches; published works; works about F. Stenson; miscellaneous material; and videocassettes scripted by F. Stenson.
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Language and script notes
Text in English.
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Title based on contents of the fonds.