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Also Known As	Mavis Leslie De Trafford Young
Born	August 11, 1922 • Montreal • Canada
Died	February 18, 2014 (aged 91) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors	PEN/Nabokov Award (2004) • Governor General’s Literary Awards (1981)
Notable Works	“Across the Bridge” • “Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories” • “In Transit” • “My Heart Is Broken” • “Overhead in a Balloon: Stories of Paris” • “The Cost of Living: Early and Uncollected Stories” • “The Pegnitz Junction”