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Elisabeth Harvor

エリザベス・ハーヴォー

Elisabeth Harvor

Aliases: Erica Elisabeth Arendt Deichmann

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1936-06-26 (Saint John, New Brunswick)
Died
2024-10-08 age 88
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Saint John, New Brunswick → Kingston Peninsula, New Brunswick → Montreal, Quebec

Career

Occupations
short story writer, poet, novelist
Active Years
1973-2024
Nominations
1996 Governor General's Literary Award finalist (Let Me Be the One), 1997 Pat Lowther Award finalist (The Long Cold Green Evenings of Spring)

Education

Concordia University
Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Period: 1983-1986
Year of Graduation: 1986
Country: Canada
Thesis 'Hospitals & Night' published as 'If Only We Could Drive like This Forever' in 1988

Awards

Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
1992
Work: Fortress of Chairs
Category: 最優秀処女詩集
Organization: League of Canadian Poets
Result: winner
Alden Nowlan Award
2000
Result: winner
Marian Engel Award
2003
Organization: Writers' Trust of Canada
Result: winner
Malahat Novella Prize
2004
Work: Across Some Dark Avenue of Plot He Carried Her Body
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fortress of Chairs

1992 Poetry

First poetry collection.

Let Me Be the One

1996 Short stories

Short story collection, finalist for Governor General's Award.

Excessive Joy Injures the Heart

2000 Novel

First novel.

Bibliography

  • Women and Children (1973)
  • If Only We Could Drive Like This Forever (1988)
  • Our Lady of All The Distances (1991)
  • Let Me Be the One (1996)
  • Fortress of Chairs (1992)
  • The Long Cold Green Evenings of Spring (1997)
  • An Open Door in the Landscape (2010)
  • Excessive Joy Injures the Heart (2000)
  • All Times Have Been Modern (2004)
  • A Room at the Heart of Things (editor, 1998)
  • Hierarchy (2019)

Legacy

Known as a prominent Canadian short story writer, poet, and novelist, winner and finalist of several literary awards.