Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (1995) Winner
Keith Maillard
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Keith Maillard
Profile
- Gender
- non-binary
- Born
- 1942-02-28 （Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.）
- Nationality
- Canadian, American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Wheeling, West Virginia → Boston → Vancouver → West Vancouver
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia
- Memberships
- Writers' Union of Canada, Federation of BC Writers
- Influenced By
- Jack Kerouac
- Nominations
- Runner-up Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (1994, Light in the Company of Women), Shortlisted Commonwealth Writers' Prize (1996, Hazard Zones), Finalist Governor General's Literary Award (1999, Gloria), Shortlisted ReLit Award (2019, Twin Studies)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize | Motet | — | BC Book Prizes | winner |
| 1995 | Gerald Lampert Award | Dementia Americana | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | Polish American Historical Association Creative Arts Prize | The Clarinet Polka | — | Polish American Historical Association | winner |
| 2019 | Alberta Book of the Year Award: Trade Fiction | Twin Studies | — | Book Publishers Association of Alberta | winner |
| 2024 | Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence | — | — | — | winner |
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
1990
Work:
Motet
Organization:
BC Book Prizes
Result:
winner
Gerald Lampert Award
1995
Work:
Dementia Americana
Result:
winner
Polish American Historical Association Creative Arts Prize
2005
Work:
The Clarinet Polka
Organization:
Polish American Historical Association
Result:
winner
Alberta Book of the Year Award: Trade Fiction
2019
Work:
Twin Studies
Organization:
Book Publishers Association of Alberta
Result:
winner
Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence
2024
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Two Strand River
1976 Magic realismA strange book with cross-gendered protagonists and weird events, a classic of Canadian magic realism.
Cross-gendered protagonistsMagic realism
Adaptations
- [Screenplay] Two Strand River / Patricia Gruben's Praxis Film Development Workshop (1986)
Motet
1989 NovelSixteenth-century Dutch choral mystery set in Vancouver.
PowerMadness
Light in the Company of Women
1993 NovelPart of the Raysburg Series.
Historical fiction
Twin Studies
2018 NovelExploration of gender fluidity set in Vancouver, Medicine Hat, and Los Angeles.
Gender fluidityFamilyTrauma
Fatherless: A Memoir
2019 MemoirMemoir tracing the life of his unknown father.
Family historySelf-discovery
Bibliography
- Two Strand River
- Alex Driving South
- The Knife in My Hands
- Cutting Through
- Motet
- Light in the Company of Women
- Dementia Americana
- Hazard Zones
- Gloria
- The Clarinet Polka
- Running
- Morgantown
- Lyndon Johnson and the Majorettes
- Looking Good
- Twin Studies
- Fatherless
- The Bridge: Writing Across the Binary
- In the Defense of Liberty
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Magic realismHistorical fictionBildungsromanFormal poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- Gender fluidityRaysburg, West VirginiaFamily and identityVietnam War era
Legacy
Prominent Canadian novelist and poet known for the Raysburg series, exploring gender identity. Professor at UBC fostering new writers. Awarded Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence in 2024.
Archives
- University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections
In Popular Culture
- Featured in Quill & Quire as notable Canlit talent among Vietnam War resisters
Quotes
-
I would now call myself non-binary.
Source: Quill & Quire interview (2018) -
The liberty that my characters pursue is the freedom to be themselves.
Source: Massy Books interview (2023)
Trivia
- Moved to Canada in 1970 opposing Vietnam War, Canadian citizen in 1976
- Inspiration from mother's Ohio River Valley family stories
- Mother-in-law is Canadian novelist Rohan O'Grady
- Played Irish pipes, produced Ferron’s album Backed Up