Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1993) Winner
Elizabeth Hay
エリザベス・ヘイ
Erizabesu Hei
Aliases:
Elizabeth Grace Hay
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1951-10-22 （Owen Sound, Ontario）
- Nationality
- カナダ, Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Owen Sound, Ontario → Toronto → Yellowknife → Winnipeg → Mexico → New York City → Ottawa
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, radio broadcaster
- Active Years
- 1974-2025
- Nominations
- 1997 Governor General's Award for Fiction (Small Change), 2000 Giller Prize (A Student of Weather), 2003 Governor General's Award for Fiction (Garbo Laughs), 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (His Whole Life)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | — | English and Philosophy | — | 1970年代 | Canada |
University of Toronto
English and Philosophy
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
Canada
Quit in 1972, returned in 1973 and finished degree.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Giller Prize | Late Nights on Air | 小説 | Scotiabank Giller Prize | 受賞 |
| 2000 | CAA MOSAID Technologies Award for Fiction | A Student of Weather | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | TORGI Award | A Student of Weather | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Marian Engel Award | — | — | Writers' Trust of Canada | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction | All Things Consoled | ノンフィクション | Writers' Trust of Canada | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Ottawa Book Award | Garbo Laughs | — | — | 受賞 |
Giller Prize
2007
Work:
Late Nights on Air
Category:
小説
Organization:
Scotiabank Giller Prize
Result:
受賞
CAA MOSAID Technologies Award for Fiction
2000
Work:
A Student of Weather
Result:
受賞
TORGI Award
2000
Work:
A Student of Weather
Result:
受賞
Marian Engel Award
2002
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
受賞
Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
2018
Work:
All Things Consoled
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
受賞
Ottawa Book Award
2003
Work:
Garbo Laughs
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Giller Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2007) Winner
Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
Late Nights on Air
2007 novelA story set in a Yellowknife radio station. Winner of the Giller Prize.
isolationradioArctic
A Student of Weather
2000 novelStory of sisters obsessed with weather. Giller finalist.
familyweatherrivalry
Garbo Laughs
2003 novelFamily story revolving around actress Garbo.
filmfamilymemory
All Things Consoled
2018 memoirMemoir of parents' final years. Winner of Hilary Weston Prize.
familyagingcaregiving
Bibliography
- Crossing the Snow Line (1989)
- The Only Snow in Havana (1992)
- Captivity Tales: Canadians in New York (1993)
- Small Change (1997)
- A Student of Weather (2000)
- Garbo Laughs (2003)
- Late Nights on Air (2007)
- Alone in the Classroom (2011)
- His Whole Life (2015)
- All Things Consoled (2018)
- Snow Road Station (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- direct and economical and intimate and full of detailradio-influenced style that stimulates visual imagination
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationshipsCanadian Northmemory and past
Legacy
Prominent Canadian novelist, Giller Prize winner. Radio broadcasting experience influenced her writing.
Quotes
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When I worked in Yellowknife, I was writing poetry and stories on the side and not getting very far. I felt kind of schizophrenic... Good radio writing is similar to any good writing. It's direct and economical and intimate and full of detail.
Source: CBC interview (2007)
Trivia
- Daughter of a high school principal and a painter.
- Married to literary translator Mark Fried.
- Has two children.