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Patricia Young

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Patricia Young

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1954 （Victoria, British Columbia）
Died
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Nationality
カナダ, Canadian
Languages
英語, English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Victoria, British Columbia

Career

Occupations
poet, short story writer
Active Years
1983-2024
Nominations
Governor General's Award nominee for More Watery Still (1993), Ruin & Beauty (2000), Butler Prize shortlist for Airstream (2000), Here Come The Moonbathers (2009)

Awards

Pat Lowther Award
1989
Work: The Mad And Beautiful Mothers
Category: poetry
Organization: League of Canadian Poets
Result: win
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
1987
Work: All I Ever Needed Was A Beautiful Room
Category: poetry
Result: win
B.C. Book Prize
1997
Work: What I Remember From My Time On Earth
Category: poetry
Result: win
Metcalf-Rooke Award
2006
Work: Airstream
Category: fiction
Result: win

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ruin and Beauty

2000 poetry

Airstream

2006 short story collection

Here Come the Moonbathers

2008 poetry

Bibliography

  • Travelling the Floodwaters (1983)
  • All I Ever Needed Was a Beautiful Room (1987)
  • The Mad and Beautiful Mothers (1989)
  • Those Were the Mermaid Days (1991)
  • More Watery Still (1993)
  • What I Remember From My Time on Earth (1997)
  • Ruin and Beauty (2000)
  • Here Come the Moonbathers (2008)
  • An Auto-Erotic History of Swings (2010)
  • Airstream (2006)

Legacy

Known as a prominent Canadian poet and short story writer, recipient of numerous awards.

Trivia

  • Married to writer Terence Young.
  • Daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection Teardown was published in 2016.