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His debut novel soucouyant was nominated for ten literary prizes and awards, including the 2009 international impac dublin literary award longlisted, the 2007 scotiabank giller prize longlisted, the 2007 governor generals award for fiction finalist, the 2007 foreword book of the year award for literary. Chariandy has a ma from carleton and a phd from york university. It was shortlisted for the governor generals literary award, won a gold independent publisher award for best novel and was longlisted for the scotiabank giller prize. Racism, memory and trauma in canada and the soucouyant. Study for free with our range of university lectures. Poignant, moving david chariandys first novel soucouyant. Soucouyant by david chariandy overdrive rakuten overdrive.
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