Canisia Lubrin becomes the first Canadian to win the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, for her novel Code Noir
- Posted on May 2, 2025
- By The Globe and Mail
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Canisia Lubrin becomes the first Canadian to win the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, for her novel Code Noir
The winning book is based on an infamous suite of historical decrees passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire