fiction.wikisort.org - WriterIan Williams (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.
Canadian poet and writer
Williams is the author of Personals (poems, 2012), which was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize[1] and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award.[2] His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[3] His first book of poetry, You Know Who You Are, was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards.[4]
Williams earned Honours B.Sc., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. He is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia, as well as a trustee of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry.[5]
His debut novel, Reproduction, was published in 2019,[6] and was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize.[7] It was also shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award,[8] and the 2019 Toronto Book Awards.[9]
His poetry collection Word Problems was shortlisted for the ReLit Award for poetry in 2021,[10] and won the Raymond Souster Award from the League of Canadian Poets.[11]
His essay collection Disorientation was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[12]
Books
- You Know Who You Are (Wolsak and Wynn, 2010)
- Not Anyone's Anything (Freehand Books, 2011)
- Personals (Freehand Books, 2012), shortlisted for the 2013 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize
- Reproduction (Random House Canada, 2019), winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Word Problems (Coach House Books, 2020)
- Disorientation: Being Black in the World (Random House Canada, 2021)
References
- Medley, Mark, "Ian Williams: Poet seeking reader". National Post, June 7, 2013.
- Andrew, Suzanne Alyssa, "Poet Ian Williams experiments with structure to tell a classic love story". Quill & Quire, January 2019.
- "Ian Williams wins $10K prize for debut story collection". CBC News, June 7, 2012.
- "2013 ReLit Shortlists". ReLit Awards, November 22, 2013.
- Griffin Poetry Prize / About / Trustees
- "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
- "Ian Williams wins the 2019 Scotiabank Giller prize for debut novel". CBC News. November 18, 2019.
- Dundas, Deborah, "Tanya Tagaq, Ian Williams among finalists for $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Toronto Star, April 26, 2019.
- Porter, Ryan (June 19, 2019). "Twelve titles longlisted for Toronto Book Award". Quill & Quire. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- "38 books shortlisted for 2021 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 19, 2021.
- "2021 Book Awards: Winners!". League of Canadian Poets, May 5, 2021.
- Vicky Qiao, "Jordan Abel & Ian Williams among five finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction". CBC Books, September 15, 2021.
External links
Recipients of the Giller Prize |
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1990s | |
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2000s |
- Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost / David Adams Richards, Mercy among the Children (2000)
- Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan (2001)
- Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe (2002)
- M. G. Vassanji, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003)
- Alice Munro, Runaway (2004)
- David Bergen, The Time in Between (2005)
- Vincent Lam, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2006)
- Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air (2007)
- Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce (2008)
- Linden MacIntyre, The Bishop's Man (2009)
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2010s |
- Johanna Skibsrud, The Sentimentalists (2010)
- Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues (2011)
- Will Ferguson, 419 (2012)
- Lynn Coady, Hellgoing (2013)
- Sean Michaels, Us Conductors (2014)
- André Alexis, Fifteen Dogs (2015)
- Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing (2016)
- Michael Redhill, Bellevue Square (2017)
- Esi Edugyan, Washington Black (2018)
- Ian Williams, Reproduction (2019)
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