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C. E. Gatchalian

シー・イー・ガチャリアン

C. E. Gatchalian

Aliases: Chris Gatchalian

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1974-06-05 (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Vancouver, Canada

Career

Occupations
Author, Playwright
Active Years
1995-2024
Nominations
Lambda Literary Award finalist (three times, including 2013 for Falling in Time)

Education

University of British Columbia
Creative Writing and Theatre
Degree: MFA
Country: Canada

Awards

Dayne Ogilvie Prize
2013
Organization: Writers' Trust of Canada
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Motifs & Repetitions

1995 Play
Adaptations
  • [Television] Motifs & Repetitions (1997)
  • [Television] Motifs & Repetitions (1998)

Falling in Time

2012 Play

Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man

2019 Memoir

tor/sion

2005 Poetry

Bibliography

  • Motifs & Repetitions (1995)
  • Claire (1999)
  • Crossing (2004)
  • Star (2005)
  • Hands (2005)
  • Broken (2006)
  • People Like Vince (2011)
  • Falling in Time (2012)
  • Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man (2019)
  • tor/sion (2005)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Writes in multiple genres

Legacy

Canadian LGBTQ+ author awarded the Dayne Ogilvie Prize. Of Filipino descent, writes across multiple genres including plays, poetry, and memoir.

Trivia

  • Canadian of Filipino descent
  • Openly gay
  • Alumnus of University of British Columbia