McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1989) Winner
Kristjana Gunnars
クリストヤナ・グンナルス
Kurisutoyana Gunnarsu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1948-03-19 （Reykjavík）
- Nationality
- Icelandic, Canadian
- Languages
- Icelandic, English
- Residence History
- Iceland (birth-1969) → Canada (1969-present)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist
- Active Years
- 1980-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award | The Prowler | — | Manitoba Book Awards | winner |
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
1989
Work:
The Prowler
Organization:
Manitoba Book Awards
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Prowler
1989 NovelExplores themes including the 19th-century Icelandic settler experience in Canada's prairie provinces.
Icelandic settler experience
Bibliography
- The Prowler (1989)
- The Substance of Forgetting (1992)
- Night Train to Nykobing (1998)
- The Guest House and Other Stories (1992)
- Any Day But This (2004)
- One-eyed Moon Maps (1980)
- Settlement Poems 1 (1980)
- Settlement Poems 2 (1980)
- Wake-pick Poems (1981)
- The Axe's Edge (1983)
- The Night Workers of Ragnorak (1985)
- Exiles Among You (1996)
- Carnival of Longing (1989)
- Silence of the Country (2002)
- Night Train to Nykøbing (2002)
- Zero Hour (1991)
- The Rose Garden: Reading Marcel Proust (1996)
- Stranger at the Door (2004)
Style & Themes
- Recurring Motifs
- 19th-century Icelandic settler experienceLife in Canada's prairie provinces
Legacy
Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist known for exploring Icelandic settler experiences in Canada.