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Tamas Dobozy

タマス・ドボジ

Tamas Dobozy

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1969-08-26 (Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Nanaimo, British Columbia → Powell River, British Columbia → Victoria → Montreal → Budapest → Vancouver → Toronto → St. John's → Kitchener, Ontario

Career

Occupations
Writer, Teacher
Active Years
1995-2025
Affiliations
Wilfrid Laurier University, Memorial University
Nominations
Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist (2003, When X Equals Marylou), Governor General's Awards shortlist (2012, Siege 13), Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist (2013, Siege 13)

Education

University of Victoria
English/Creative Writing / English
Degree: BA/BFA
Country: Canada
Concordia University
English
Degree: MA
Country: Canada
University of British Columbia
English
Degree: PhD
Country: Canada

Awards

sub-Terrain Short Fiction Contest
1995
Work: Like A Salmon Getting Me Down
Result: winner
O. Henry Award
2011
Work: The Restoration of the Villa Where Tibor Kálmán Once Lived
Result: winner
Camera Obscura Editors' Award
2012
Work: The Selected Mugshots of Famous Hungarian Assassins
Category: Outstanding Fiction
Result: winner
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
2012
Work: Siege 13
Organization: Writers' Trust of Canada
Result: winner
National Magazine Awards
2015
Work: Krasnagorsk-2
Category: Fiction
Result: Gold Medal
National Magazine Awards
2025
Work: Tea with Interpol
Category: Fiction
Result: Gold Medal

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Siege 13: Stories

2012 Short stories

A collection of stories set in Budapest, Hungary

Memory of warHungary

Bibliography

  • When X Equals Marylou (2002)
  • Last Notes and Other Stories (2005)
  • Siege 13: Stories (2012)
  • 5 Mishaps (2021)
  • Ghost Geographies: Fictions (2021)
  • Stasio: A Novel in Three Parts (2024)