Gail Scott (writer)
Gail Scott | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Occupation | novelist, translator, journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1970s-present |
| Notable works | Heroine, My Paris, Main Brides, The Obituary |
Gail Scott (born 1945) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator, best known for her work in experimental forms such as prose poetry and New Narrative. She was a major contributor to 1980s Québécoise feminist language theory, known as écriture au féminin, which explores the relationship between language, bodies, and feminist politics. Many of her novels and stories deal with fragmentation in time, in subjects, and in narrative structures.