Winterset Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2000) Winner
Michael Winter
マイケル・ウィンター
Maikeru Wintā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-01-01 （Jarrow, England）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Corner Brook, Newfoundland → St. John's, Newfoundland → Toronto
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, short story writer
- Active Years
- 1994-2024
- Influenced
- Kathleen Winter
- Nominations
- 2000 Nominee, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (This All Happened), 2004 Short list, Trillium Book Award (The Big Why), 2004 Short list, Thomas Head Raddall Award (The Big Why), 2004 Long list, IMPAC Literary Award (The Big Why), 2007 Long list, Giller Prize (The Architects are Here), 2010 Shortlist, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (The Death of Donna Whalen), 2013 Longlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize (Minister Without Portfolio)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial University | — | economic geography | BA | — | Canada |
Memorial University
economic geography
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Winterset Award | This All Happened | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Writers' Trust Notable Author Award | — | — | — | winner |
Winterset Award
2000
Work:
This All Happened
Result:
winner
Writers' Trust Notable Author Award
2008
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
This All Happened
2000 novelFictional diary of Gabriel English's life in St. John's, his relationship with filmmaker Lydia Murphy, and progress on the novel he is writing.
Newfoundland liferelationshipswriting
The Big Why
2004 historical novelNarrated by Rockwell Kent describing his time in Brigus, Newfoundland in 1914.
artisthistoryspy suspicion
The Death of Donna Whalen
2010 documentary fictionUses court documents to tell the story of Donna Whalen stabbed to death.
crimereal eventshuman drama
Bibliography
- Creaking in Their Skins (1994)
- One Last Good Look (1999)
- The Sparky Book
- This All Happened (2000)
- The Big Why (2004)
- The Architects Are Here (2007)
- The Death of Donna Whalen (2010)
- Minister Without Portfolio (2013)
- Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- free-flowing, vibrant dialogue without quotation markscontemplative to rapid fire speech
- Recurring Motifs
- Gabriel EnglishNewfoundland lifeinterpersonal relationships
Legacy
Canadian writer known for novels and short stories set in Newfoundland, featuring recurring alter ego Gabriel English.
Trivia
- Brother of novelist Kathleen Winter
- One of the judges for the 2006 Giller Prize