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Brenda Damen
Canadian writer
Brenda Damen is a Canadian writer.[1] Her short story Gibson won the 2020 CBC Short Story Prize.[2][3] The award is accompanied with $6,000 CAD.
Damen's story was selected from 2,400 other entries.[3] She had been working on a manuscript for a novel for thirteen years, and plucked the story from that manuscript. The story is her first work to be published.[4]
The panelists who selected her story were highly complimentary of her courage.[1][3] After her selection the CBC published an interview with her, in which she tried to explain how she was able to write a story seen as inspirational about a youngster's abuse.[5]