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Conor Kerr

コナー・カー

Konā Kā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, poet, assistant professor
Active Years
2019-2024
Affiliations
University of Alberta
Nominations
shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize, shortlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize, shortlisted for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, finalist for the 2023 Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

Awards

ReLit Award
2022
Work: Avenue of Champions
Category: Fiction
Organization: ReLit
Result: winner
Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize
2019
Category: Poetry
Organization: The Fiddlehead
Result: winner
Long Poem Prize
2021
Category: Long Poem
Organization: Malahat Review
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Avenue of Champions

2021 Novel

The novel focuses on the coming of age of a young Métis man named for Edmonton's 118 Avenue.

Métis culturecoming of ageEdmonton

Prairie Edge

2024 Novel

Concerns a pair of activists who contrive to take a herd of bison from Elk Island National Park and let them loose in Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River valley parks.

Indigenous activismbisonEdmonton

An Explosion of Feathers

Poetry collection

Poetry collection.

Old Gods

2023 Poetry collection

Poetry collection.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary prosepoetic style
Recurring Motifs
Métis identityAlberta landscapesIndigenous struggles

Legacy

Prominent Canadian Métis writer acclaimed for novels and poetry, winner of ReLit Award and shortlisted for Giller Prize among others.

Trivia

  • Of Métis and Ukrainian descent.
  • From Edmonton, Alberta.