KOBZAR Book Award (Kobzar Literary Award)
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Edition 2 (2008) Winner
Janice Kulyk Keefer
ジャニス・クリク・キーファー
Janice Kulyk Keefer
Aliases:
Janice Kulyk
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952-06-02 （Toronto, Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Toronto, Ontario → Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia → Guelph, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Professor of literature
- Active Years
- 1986-2010
- Affiliations
- University of Guelph, Université Sainte-Anne
- Nominations
- 1987 Governor General's Awards, nominated, Under Eastern Eyes, 1988 Books in Canada First Novel Award, nominated, Constellations, 1996 Governor General's Awards, nominated, The Green Library
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | — | English literature | BA | — | Canada |
| University of Sussex | — | — | MPhil, D.Phil | — | United Kingdom |
University of Toronto
English literature
Degree:
BA
Country:
Canada
University of Sussex
Degree:
MPhil, D.Phil
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Marian Engel Award | — | 生涯成就賞 | Authors' Trust of Canada | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Kobzar Literary Award | The Ladies Lending Library | — | — | 受賞 |
Marian Engel Award
1999
Category:
生涯成就賞
Organization:
Authors' Trust of Canada
Result:
受賞
Kobzar Literary Award
2008
Work:
The Ladies Lending Library
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Green Library
NovelExplores Ukrainian-Canadian identity.
Immigrant experiencesTransnational identity
Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family
1998 Family memoirA story of family tracing Ukrainian immigrant history.
FamilyImmigration
The Ladies Lending Library
2007 NovelStory of Ukrainian women during WWI.
WarWomen
Bibliography
- White of the Lesser Angels (1986)
- The Paris-Napoli Express (1986)
- Transfigurations (1987)
- Under Eastern Eyes: A Critical Reading of Maritime Fiction
- Constellations
- Reading Mavis Gallant (1989)
- Travelling Ladies (1992)
- Rest Harrow (1992)
- The Green Library
- Marrying the Sea (1998)
- Kyiv, of Two Lands: New Visions (1998)
- Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family (1998)
- The Waste Zone (2002)
- Thieves (2004)
- The Ladies Lending Library (2007)
- Foreign Relations (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Specialist in Modernist literatureExploration of Ukrainian-Canadian identity
- Recurring Motifs
- Immigrant experiencesRejection of simplified multiculturalismUkrainian transnational identity
Legacy
Known as a Canadian novelist and poet who writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of Ukrainian immigrants.
Trivia
- Of Ukrainian heritage.
- Sister is Canadian artist Karen Kulyk.
- Son is Decouple Podcast host Dr. Chris Keefer.