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Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist. He is known for his 2007 novel The Book of Negroes, inspired by the Black Loyalists given freedom and resettled in Nova Scotia by the British after the American Revolutionary War, and his 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada. The Book of Negroes was adapted for a TV mini-series produced in 2015. He was selected in 2013 for the Massey Lectures: he drew from his non-fiction book Blood: The Stuff of Life, published that year. His ten books include other non-fiction and fictional works, and some have been translated into other languages and published in numerous other countries.

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  • لورانس هيل (بالإنجليزية: Lawrence Hill)‏ (و. 1957 – م) هو كاتب، وروائي، من كندا، ولد في نيوماركت، أونتاريو. (ar)
  • Lawrence Hill (* 24. Januar 1957 in Newmarket (Ontario)) ist ein kanadischer Schriftsteller. (de)
  • Lawrence Hill (Newmarket, Ontario, 1957) es un novelista y ensayista canadiense.​ Es reconocido por sus lecturas de 2013 Blood: The Stuff of Life, por su novela de 2007 The Book of Negroes y por su memoria de 2001 Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.​ Hill nació en Newmarket, Ontario, hijo de inmigrantes estadounidenses;– un padre negro y una madre blanca;– que se mudaron a Toronto desde Washington, D.C. en 1953.​ Hill se desempeñó como presidente del jurado para la entrega del premio Scotiabank Giller de 2016.​ (es)
  • Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist. He is known for his 2007 novel The Book of Negroes, inspired by the Black Loyalists given freedom and resettled in Nova Scotia by the British after the American Revolutionary War, and his 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada. The Book of Negroes was adapted for a TV mini-series produced in 2015. He was selected in 2013 for the Massey Lectures: he drew from his non-fiction book Blood: The Stuff of Life, published that year. His ten books include other non-fiction and fictional works, and some have been translated into other languages and published in numerous other countries. Hill was born in Newmarket, Ontario, to an American couple who had immigrated to Toronto from Washington, D.C., in 1953. His father was black and his mother was white. Hill served as chair of the jury for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. (en)
  • Lawrence Hill (né en 1957 à Newmarket en Ontario) est un écrivain canadien. (fr)
  • Lawrence Hill (Toronto, 1957) è uno scrittore e saggista canadese. (it)
  • 勞倫斯·希爾(英語:Lawrence Hill,1957年-)是一名非洲裔加拿大作家。希爾出生於安大略省的紐馬克特,父親是一名由美國移民到加拿大的黑人,而母親則是一名白人。希爾分別從拉瓦爾大學取得經濟學的學位及從約翰·霍普金斯大學取得寫作的碩士學位,畢業後曾在《環球郵報》擔任記者。1992年,希爾已經出版了他的第一本小說,但直至2007年,出版了《黑奴書》,一本講述一個馬里女奴被賣至美國的故事,他才獲得大眾的關注,並為他帶來多個獎項,當中包括2008年度的頭獎。新书The illegal 出版在2015年, 作者花了五年时间写这本书。现居住于加拿大哈密尔顿(2016) (zh)
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  • Hill in 2009 (en)
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  • Canadian, American (en)
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  • Black Berry, Sweet Juice, The Book of Negroes (en)
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  • Novelist, non-fiction writer (en)
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  • لورانس هيل (بالإنجليزية: Lawrence Hill)‏ (و. 1957 – م) هو كاتب، وروائي، من كندا، ولد في نيوماركت، أونتاريو. (ar)
  • Lawrence Hill (* 24. Januar 1957 in Newmarket (Ontario)) ist ein kanadischer Schriftsteller. (de)
  • Lawrence Hill (Newmarket, Ontario, 1957) es un novelista y ensayista canadiense.​ Es reconocido por sus lecturas de 2013 Blood: The Stuff of Life, por su novela de 2007 The Book of Negroes y por su memoria de 2001 Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.​ Hill nació en Newmarket, Ontario, hijo de inmigrantes estadounidenses;– un padre negro y una madre blanca;– que se mudaron a Toronto desde Washington, D.C. en 1953.​ Hill se desempeñó como presidente del jurado para la entrega del premio Scotiabank Giller de 2016.​ (es)
  • Lawrence Hill (né en 1957 à Newmarket en Ontario) est un écrivain canadien. (fr)
  • Lawrence Hill (Toronto, 1957) è uno scrittore e saggista canadese. (it)
  • 勞倫斯·希爾(英語:Lawrence Hill,1957年-)是一名非洲裔加拿大作家。希爾出生於安大略省的紐馬克特,父親是一名由美國移民到加拿大的黑人,而母親則是一名白人。希爾分別從拉瓦爾大學取得經濟學的學位及從約翰·霍普金斯大學取得寫作的碩士學位,畢業後曾在《環球郵報》擔任記者。1992年,希爾已經出版了他的第一本小說,但直至2007年,出版了《黑奴書》,一本講述一個馬里女奴被賣至美國的故事,他才獲得大眾的關注,並為他帶來多個獎項,當中包括2008年度的頭獎。新书The illegal 出版在2015年, 作者花了五年时间写这本书。现居住于加拿大哈密尔顿(2016) (zh)
  • Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist. He is known for his 2007 novel The Book of Negroes, inspired by the Black Loyalists given freedom and resettled in Nova Scotia by the British after the American Revolutionary War, and his 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada. The Book of Negroes was adapted for a TV mini-series produced in 2015. He was selected in 2013 for the Massey Lectures: he drew from his non-fiction book Blood: The Stuff of Life, published that year. His ten books include other non-fiction and fictional works, and some have been translated into other languages and published in numerous other countries. (en)
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  • Lawrence Hill (en)
  • لورانس هيل (كاتب) (ar)
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  • Lawrence Hill (it)
  • Lawrence Hill (fr)
  • 勞倫斯·希爾 (zh)
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