ReLit Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2012) Winner
Suzette Mayr
すぜっと・めいやー
Suzetto Meiyā
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967 （Calgary, Alberta, Canada）
- Died
- living
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, professor
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Affiliations
- Department of English, University of Calgary
- Memberships
- Writers' Guild of Alberta
- Nominations
- 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize shortlisted (The Widows), 2011 Ferro-Grumley Award shortlisted (Monoceros), 2011 Giller Prize longlisted (Monoceros), 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlisted (The Sleeping Car Porter), 2023 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction shortlisted (The Sleeping Car Porter), 2024 International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted (The Sleeping Car Porter)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Calgary | — | Department of English | Honours B.A. in English | — | Canada |
| University of Alberta | — | Creative Writing | M.A. in Creative Writing | — | Canada |
| University of New South Wales | — | — | PhD in Creative Practice | — | Australia |
University of Calgary
Department of English
Degree:
Honours B.A. in English
Country:
Canada
University of Alberta
Creative Writing
Degree:
M.A. in Creative Writing
Country:
Canada
University of New South Wales
Degree:
PhD in Creative Practice
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ReLit Award | Monoceros | Novel | ReLit Awards | Winner |
| 2022 | Scotiabank Giller Prize | The Sleeping Car Porter | — | Giller Foundation | Winner |
ReLit Award
2012
Work:
Monoceros
Category:
Novel
Organization:
ReLit Awards
Result:
Winner
Scotiabank Giller Prize
2022
Work:
The Sleeping Car Porter
Organization:
Giller Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Giller Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Sleeping Car Porter
2022 NovelCentres on R.T. Baxter, a closeted gay Black Canadian man working as a porter on a cross-Canada railway.
raceidentitysexualityrailway labour
Monoceros
2011 NovelExplores aftermath of a school shooting.
violencegriefLGBTQ
Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall
2017 NovelBibliography
- Moon Honey
- The Widows
- Venous Hum
- Monoceros
- Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall
- The Sleeping Car Porter
- Zebra Talk
- Tale
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humourcultural mythologiessurreal imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- raceidentitysex
Legacy
Canadian novelist who has written six critically acclaimed novels and is currently a professor at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts. Won the Giller Prize in 2022. Explores issues of race, identity and sex.
Trivia
- Canadian of German and Afro-Caribbean background.
- Past president of the Writers' Guild of Alberta.