Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews

Nascimento : , Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada

História

Miriam Toews (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She is the author of nine books, including A Complicated Kindness (2004), All My Puny Sorrows (2014), Women Talking (2018), and Fight Night (2021), and has won a number of literary prizes including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award for her body of work. Toews is also a three-time finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a two-time winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In 2007 she made her screen debut in the film Silent Light (Stellet Licht), directed by Carlos Reygadas, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival. She was nominated for Best Actress at Mexico's Ariel Awards for her performance in the film. Description above adapted from the Wikipedia article Miriam Toews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Miriam Toews

Filmes

Entre Mulheres
Entre Mulheres
Novel
Um grupo de mulheres em uma comunidade menonita isolada luta para reconciliar sua realidade com sua fé após uma série de agressões sexuais cometidas pelos homens da colônia.
All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows
Novel
The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
Luz Silenciosa
Luz Silenciosa
Esther
Johan (Cornelio Wall) é um menonita casado que vive ao norte do México. Os menonitas defendem o pacifismo radical e rejeitam o progresso, mas a comunidade de Johan é mais moderada. Eles usam carros e os benefícios da medicina moderna, mas ainda se recusam a utilizar comunicações com o exterior, como telefone ou internet. Neste ambiente Johan se apaixona por outra mulher, contrariando as leis de sua religião.