Oregon Book Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 26 (2012) Winner
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Edition 38 (2024) Winner
Patrick deWitt
パトリック・ドゥイット
Patorikku Dowitto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975 （Sidney, British Columbia）
- Nationality
- Canada, United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Sidney, British Columbia, Canada → Southern California → Los Angeles, California → Bainbridge Island, Washington → Portland, Oregon
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 2007-2024
- Nominations
- Man Booker Prize 2011 shortlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize 2011 shortlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize 2015 longlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018 shortlist, Walter Scott Prize 2012 shortlist
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize | The Sisters Brothers | — | Writers' Trust of Canada | winner |
| 2011 | Governor General's Award for English-language fiction | The Sisters Brothers | — | Canada Council for the Arts | winner |
| 2012 | Stephen Leacock Award | The Sisters Brothers | — | — | winner |
| 2024 | Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour | The Librarianist | — | — | winner |
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
2011
Work:
The Sisters Brothers
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
winner
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
2011
Work:
The Sisters Brothers
Organization:
Canada Council for the Arts
Result:
winner
Stephen Leacock Award
2012
Work:
The Sisters Brothers
Result:
winner
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
2024
Work:
The Librarianist
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
2 appearances
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Edition 65 (2012) Winner
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Edition 77 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
Ablutions: Notes for a Novel
2009 NovelHis first book, named a New York Times Editors' Choice.
The Sisters Brothers
2011 Western picaresque novelA Western picaresque novel that follows two assassin brothers who are sent to kill a prospector during the California gold rush.
brotherhoodviolenceAmerican West
Adaptations
- [film] The Sisters Brothers / Jacques Audiard (2018)
Undermajordomo Minor
2015 NovelA novel published in 2015, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
French Exit
2018 NovelFollows the dysfunctional relationship between a wealthy widow and her aimless adult son as they flee New York for Paris after burning through her late husband's fortune.
family dysfunctionsocial declinehumor
Adaptations
- [film] French Exit / Azazel Jacobs (2020)
The Librarianist
2023 NovelFollows a retired librarian named Bob Comet and is billed as a wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert's condition.
introversionsolitude
Bibliography
- Help Yourself Help Yourself
- Ablutions: Notes for a Novel
- The Sisters Brothers
- Undermajordomo Minor
- French Exit
- The Librarianist
Adaptations
- The Sisters Brothers adapted into a 2018 film (dir. Jacques Audiard)
- French Exit adapted into a 2020 film
Translations by Author
- Terri (2011 screenplay)
- French Exit (2020 screenplay)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dark humorsatirical narrativeplot-driven
- Recurring Motifs
- eccentric charactersAmerican frontierfamily dynamics
Legacy
Canadian-born novelist acclaimed for The Sisters Brothers, winner of multiple prestigious literary awards including the Governor General's Award and recognized for his distinctive humor and satire.
Trivia
- Dropped out of high school to pursue writing, worked as a bartender and construction worker.
- Raised primarily in Southern California despite Canadian birth.
- Has one son.