Alice Masak French (June 29, 1930 – July 5, 2013) was an

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author who lived in Souris,

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, Canada. An Inuvialuk, she was born at

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in the

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. Her work focuses on the experiences of Inuit women, and discusses the struggle to hold on to Native tradition. Her ''My Name is Masak'' (1976; translated into French as ''Je m'appelle Masak'', 1979) is an autobiographical story about her youth in a boarding school, while ''The Restless Nomad'' (1992) continues the story up until she moves to

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.French, Alice Masak
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Biography of Alice Masak French
on Inuit.uqam.ca. *Kratzert, M. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", ''Collection Building'' Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4 * Watson, C. "Autobiographical Writing as a Healing Process: Interview with Alice Masak French. Canadian Literature/Litterature canadienne, Number 167, Winter 2006, 32-44. 1930 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 20th-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Inuit people 20th-century Inuit women 20th-century indigenous writers of the Americas Inuvialuit people Canadian autobiographers Canadian Inuit women Writers from Manitoba Inuit writers Canadian women autobiographers People from Souris, Manitoba Writers from the Northwest Territories Inuit from the Northwest Territories Canadian women non-fiction writers {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub