Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1999) Winner
Dennis Bock
でにす・ぼっく
Denisu Bokku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-08-28 （Belleville, Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Belleville, Ontario → Madrid, Spain → Toronto
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, lecturer, travel writer, book reviewer
- Active Years
- 1998-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto, Humber College
- Nominations
- City of Toronto Book Award Shortlist (Olympia, 1999), Books in Canada First Novel Award Shortlist (The Ash Garden, 2001), Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Best Book Shortlist (The Ash Garden, 2001), Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize Shortlist (The Ash Garden, 2002), International Dublin Literary Award Shortlist (The Ash Garden, 2002), Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist (Going Home Again, 2013)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Western Ontario | — | English literature and philosophy | — | 1年間スペイン在住 | Canada |
University of Western Ontario
English literature and philosophy
Period:
1年間スペイン在住
Country:
Canada
Lived in Madrid, Spain for 4 years after degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Danuta Gleed Literary Award | Olympia | — | Ontario Arts Council | Winner |
| 1998 | Betty Trask Award | Olympia | — | — | Winner |
| 2002 | Canada-Japan Literary Award | The Ash Garden | — | Canada Council for the Arts | Winner |
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
1998
Work:
Olympia
Organization:
Ontario Arts Council
Result:
Winner
Betty Trask Award
1998
Work:
Olympia
Result:
Winner
Canada-Japan Literary Award
2002
Work:
The Ash Garden
Organization:
Canada Council for the Arts
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Ash Garden
2001 NovelA novel about various kinds of fallout from the Hiroshima bomb
war legacynuclear
Translations
- Spanish, Argentina, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, German, French, Greek
Bibliography
- Olympia (1998, short stories)
- The Ash Garden (2001)
- The Communist's Daughter (2006)
- Going Home Again (2013)
- The Good German (2020)
Translations of Works
- The Communist's Daughter: France, Netherlands, Greece, Poland
Legacy
Canadian novelist acclaimed for his works shortlisted for major prizes.