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Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

キャスリン・クイテンブロウアー

Kyatorin Kuitenburōwā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-02-06 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Ottawa, Ontario → Toronto, Ontario → Halifax, Nova Scotia

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, literary critic, writing mentor
Active Years
2003-2025
Affiliations
University of King's College
Nominations
Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlisted finalist (2004, Way Up), ReLit Award shortlisted finalist (2004, Way Up), Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlisted nominee (2005, The Nettle Spinner), Toronto Book Award shortlisted finalist (2014, All the Broken Things), Canada Reads longlist (2016, All the Broken Things), Giller Prize longlist (2023, Wait Softly Brother)

Education

University of Toronto
English literature
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 2018
Country: Canada
Supervised by Mari Ruti. Ph.D. thesis is a psychoanalytic investigation into creativity, with special attention to the British novel in the eighteenth century.

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Way Up

2003 short story collection

The Nettle Spinner

2005 novel

Perfecting

2009 novel

All the Broken Things

2014 novel

Haunted by the traumas of war.

Wait Softly Brother

2023 novel

Makes hay of the secrets and lies of the past.

Legacy

Canadian novelist and short story writer known for being shortlisted and longlisted for several literary awards. Holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and currently serves as a writing mentor at the University of King's College.