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Marjorie May "Maggie" Siggins (born 28 May 1942) is a Canadian journalist and writer. She was a recipient of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Literary Merit for her non-fiction work ''Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm''. She was also the recipient of the 1986 Arthur Ellis Award for "Best true crime book" for her work ''A Canadian Tragedy'', about the involvement of former Saskatchewan politician Colin Thatcher in the murder of his wife JoAnn Wilson. She is also noted as the author of a controversial biography of Louis Riel entitled ''Riel: A Life of Revolution''. ''In Her Own time:A Class Reunion Inspires a Cultural History of Women'' and ''Bitter Embrace:White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree'' are her last two books. Both ''Revenge of the Land'' and ''A Canadian Tragedy'' were adapted as television mini-series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She is also the former chair of the Writers' Union of Canada. == Literary works == * * * (Published in French under the title ''Riel: une vie de révolution,'' Québec-Amérique, 1997.) * * * (Published in French under the title ''Marie-Anne, La vie extraordinaire de la grand-mère de Louis Riel'', Le Septentrion, 2011.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maggie Siggins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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