Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2001) Winner
Clark Blaise
クラーク・ブレイズ
Kurāku Bureizu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-04-10 （Fargo, North Dakota）
- Nationality
- Canadian, American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Various places in the US (childhood) → Montreal → Toronto → San Francisco → New York
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 1964-2024
- Affiliations
- Concordia University, York University
- Memberships
- Montreal Story Tellers Fiction Performance Group
- Influenced By
- Leo Romeo Blaise (father)
- Nominations
- Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist (The Meagre Tarmac)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denison University | College of Arts and Sciences | English Department | BA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Iowa Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
Denison University
College of Arts and Sciences
/ English Department
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
United States
Initially majored in geology but switched to English
University of Iowa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Officer of the Order of Canada | — | — | Office of the Governor General | 受章 |
| 1980 | Books in Canada First Novel Award | Lunar Attractions | 最優秀初小説 | — | 受賞 |
Officer of the Order of Canada
2009
Organization:
Office of the Governor General
Result:
受章
Books in Canada First Novel Award
1980
Work:
Lunar Attractions
Category:
最優秀初小説
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A North American Education
1973 Short story collectionShort stories about North American education experiences
ImmigrationFamilyNomadism
Lunar Attractions
1979 NovelBlaise's first novel
FamilyIdentity
Days and Nights in Calcutta
1977 MemoirMemoir of experiences in India with wife Bharati Mukherjee
IndiaCultural clash
The Meagre Tarmac
2011 Short story collectionLater short story collection, longlisted for Giller Prize
Bibliography
- A North American Education (1973)
- Tribal Justice (1974)
- Resident Alien (1986)
- Man and His World (1992)
- Southern Stories (2000)
- Pittsburgh Stories (2001)
- Montreal Stories (2003)
- The Meagre Tarmac (2011)
- Lunar Attractions (1979)
- Lusts (1984)
- If I Were Me (1997)
- Days and Nights in Calcutta (1977)
- I Had a Father (1992)
- The Sorrow and the Terror (1987)
- Time Lord (2000)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise prosePersonal narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Nomadic lifeImmigrant experienceFamily relations
Legacy
Canadian-American author renowned for short fiction, contributor to Canadian letters, Officer of the Order of Canada.
Trivia
- Moved 30 times before eighth grade
- Married to Indian-American writer Bharati Mukherjee
- Father was a furniture salesman and long-distance traveler