Danuta Gleed Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2000) Nominee
Russell Smith
ラッセル・スミス
Rassuru Sumisu
Aliases:
Russell Claude Smith
Pen Names:
Diane Savage（Used as pseudonym for the novel Diana: A Diary in the Second Person）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963-08-02 （Johannesburg, South Africa）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English, French
- Residence History
- Toronto → Halifax, Nova Scotia → Johannesburg
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, newspaper columnist, editor
- Active Years
- 1994-2025
- Affiliations
- Dundurn Press, University of Guelph
- Nominations
- Nominated for Governor General's Award for How Insensitive, Shortlisted for Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for Muriella Pent, Longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize for Confidence
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's University | — | French literature | MA | — | Canada |
| University of Poitiers | — | French literature | — | — | France |
| University of Paris III | — | French literature | — | — | France |
| Halifax Grammar School | — | — | — | — | Canada |
| Queen Elizabeth High School | — | — | — | — | Canada |
Queen's University
French literature
Degree:
MA
Country:
Canada
MA in French literature
University of Poitiers
French literature
Country:
France
Studied French literature
University of Paris III
French literature
Country:
France
Studied French literature
Halifax Grammar School
Country:
Canada
Attended during high school
Queen Elizabeth High School
Country:
Canada
Attended during high school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | William Allen White Award | — | magazine writing | — | winner |
| 1997 | Canadian National Magazine Award | Party Going | fiction | — | winner |
| 2015 | Canadian National Magazine Award | Raccoons | fiction | — | winner |
William Allen White Award
1995
Category:
magazine writing
Result:
winner
Canadian National Magazine Award
1997
Work:
Party Going
Category:
fiction
Result:
winner
Canadian National Magazine Award
2015
Work:
Raccoons
Category:
fiction
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
How Insensitive
1994 novelSatirical and comic portrayal of big-city life and the sexual mores of young people.
urban lifesexsatirehumor
Noise
1998 novelSatirical portrayal of big-city life.
urban lifesexsatire
Translations
- German: Glamour
Muriella Pent
2004 novelConcerns the arrival of a Caribbean writer of mixed race in official Canadian culture.
cultureraceliterary world
Girl Crazy
2010 novelConfidence
2015 short story collectionShort story collection.
urban life
Self Care
2025 novelStory of a young feminist woman who develops a secret sexual relationship with an incel boy.
contemporary culturesexfeminism
Bibliography
- How Insensitive
- Noise
- Young Men
- The Princess and the Whiskheads
- Diana: A Diary in the Second Person
- Muriella Pent
- Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide To Dress
- Girl Crazy
- Confidence
- Best Canadian Stories 2018 (editor)
- A Family Affair (translator)
- Self Care
Translations by Author
- A Family Affair (trans. of Un Lien Familial by Nadine Bismuth)
Translations of Works
- Noise translated to German as Glamour
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricalcomicurban
- Recurring Motifs
- big-city lifesexual mores of young peopleCanadian English
Health
-
syndactyly先天性Complete complex syndactyly, a congenital deformity of hands and feet. Inherited genetic condition passed to his son.
Legacy
Canadian writer known for satirical novels and short stories set mostly in Toronto, and as a newspaper columnist.
Trivia
- Born with complete complex syndactyly.
- Wrote a weekly arts column for The Globe and Mail from 1999 to 2020.
- Hosted CBC radio program on language, And Sometimes Y, for two seasons.