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Carellin Brooks

キャレリン・ブルックス

Kyarerin Burukkusu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Vancouver
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Vancouver, British Columbia → Salt Lake City, Utah → Ottawa, Ontario → Montreal, Quebec → Oxford, England → Vancouver, British Columbia

Career

Occupations
novelist, non-fiction writer, columnist, book reviewer, editor, writing instructor
Active Years
1990-2024
Affiliations
University of British Columbia
Nominations
Lambda Literary Award nominee in LGBT Studies (2007, Every Inch a Woman)

Education

McGill University
Faculty of Arts / English and Anthropology
Period: 1990年代初頭
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: Canada
Won student writing award
University of Oxford
Period: 1993-1996
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholar

Awards

Edmund White Award
2016
Work: One Hundred Days of Rain
Category: デビュー小説部門
Organization: Publishing Triangle
Result: 受賞
ReLit Award
2017
Work: One Hundred Days of Rain
Category: フィクション部門
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

One Hundred Days of Rain

2015 Novel

Debut novel about one hundred days of rain.

rainlossLGBTQ

Every Inch a Woman: Phallic Possession, Femininity, and the Text

2005 Non-fiction

Analysis of phallic possession, femininity, and the text.

feminismLGBT

Wreck Beach

2007 Non-fiction

Essays on Wreck Beach.

beacheveryday life

Fresh Hell: Motherhood in Pieces

2013 Non-fiction

Essays on motherhood in pieces.

motherhood

Bibliography

  • Every Inch a Woman (2005)
  • Wreck Beach (2007)
  • Fresh Hell: Motherhood in Pieces (2013)
  • One Hundred Days of Rain (2015)
  • Bad Jobs (ed., 1998)
  • Carnal Nation (co-ed., 2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
direct styleessayistic
Recurring Motifs
LGBTQ themesfragments of everyday life

Legacy

Canadian LGBTQ writer known for debut novel winning international awards.

Trivia

  • Reported as the first openly lesbian Rhodes Scholar on application.