Mavis Gallant

Born Mavis Young, August 11, 1922, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Education: Educated at schools in Montreal and New York City.
ADDRESSES: Home--14 rue Jean Ferrandi, Paris 6, France. Agent--Georges Borchardt, 136 East 57th St., New York, NY 10022.
CAREER: Worked at National Film Board of Canada, Montreal, early 1940s; The Standard, Montreal, Quebec, feature writer and critic, 1944-50; freelance writer, 1950--. Writer in residence at University of Toronto, 1983-84.
MEMBER: PEN, Authors Guild, Authors League of America, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (foreign honorary member), Royal Society of Literature (fellow).
AWARDS, HONOURS: Canadian Fiction Prize, 1978; named Officer of the Order of Canada, 1981; Governor General's Award, 1981, for Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories; honorary doctorates from University of St. Anne, Nova Scotia, and York University, Ontario, both 1984, and University of Western Ontario, 1990; Canada-Australia Literary Prize, 1985.