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Kent Stetson

ケント・ステットソン

Kent Stetson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-07-05 （Marshfield, Prince Edward Island）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
playwright, novelist
Active Years
1980-2024

Awards

Governor General's Literary Award
2001
Work: The Harps of God
Category: English language drama
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts
Result: winner
Carol Bolt Award
2001
Work: The Harps of God
Organization: Canadian Authors Association
Result: winner
Order of Canada
2007
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: member
Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition
Work: New Arcadia
Result: winner
Prince Edward Island Literary Award
Result: winner
Wendell Boyle Award
Category: PEI heritage
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Warm Wind in China

1988 play

One of the first and most prominent AIDS-themed plays produced in Canada

AIDS

As I Am

1986 play

A noted gay-themed work

gay

The Harps of God

1997 play

Governor General's Award-winning play

Bibliography

  • Warm Wind in China
  • As I Am
  • The Harps of God
  • Queen of the Cadillac
  • Just Plain Murder
  • Sweet Magdalena
  • The Eyes of the Gull
  • New Arcadia
  • Horse High, Bull Strong, Pig Tight
  • The World Above the Sky
  • Meat Cove

Legacy

Canadian playwright and novelist best known for AIDS and gay-themed plays, winner of the Governor General's Award and member of the Order of Canada.

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