Michael Redhill

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Michael Redhill (born 12 June 1966) is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Redhill was raised in metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. He pursued one year of study at Indiana University, and then returned to Canada, completing his education at York University and the University of Toronto. He was on the editorial board of Coach House Press from 1993 to 1996, and is currently the publisher and editor of the Canadian literary magazine Brick.

Contents 1 Publications 1.1 Poetry 1.2 Fiction 1.3 Drama 1.4 Anthologies 2 Awards 2.1 Martin Sloane 2.2 Building Jerusalem 2.3 Other awards 3 External link

[edit] Publications

[edit] Poetry

• Music for Silence (self-published, 1985)
• Temporary Captives (privately published, 1989)
• Impromptu Feats of Balance (Don Mills, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 1990)
• Lake Nora Arms (Toronto: Coach House, 1993; reissued by House of Anansi, 2001)
• Asphodel (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1997)
• Light-Crossing (Toronto: House of Anansi, 2001)

[edit] Fiction

• Martin Sloane (Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2001)
• Fidelity (Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2003)
• Consolation (Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2006)

[edit] Drama

• Heretics (privately published, 1993)
• Building Jerusalem (Toronto: Coach House, 2001)
• Goodness (Toronto: Coach House, 2005)

[edit] Anthologies

• Discord of Flags (privately pubished, 1992) (co-editor)
• Blues and True Conclusions (Toronto: House of Anansi, 1996)
• Lost Classics (Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2000) (edited with Esta Spalding, Michael Ondaatje and Linda Spalding) ISBN 0-676-97299-3

[edit] Awards

[edit] Martin Sloane

• Winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award, 2001
• Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Canadian-Caribbean Region), 2002
• Nominated for the Giller Prize, 2001
• Nominated for the City of Toronto Book Award, 2002
• Nominated for the Trillium Book Award, 2002
• Nominated for the Torgi/CNIB Award, 2002

[edit] Building Jerusalem

• Winner of the Dora Award, Best New Play, 2000
• Winner of the Chalmers Award, 2001
• Nominated for the Governor General's Award for Drama, 2001

[edit] Other awards

• The League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, first prize, 1988
• Norma Epstein Award for poetry (University of Toronto), 1990
• The E.J. Pratt Prize for poetry (University of Toronto), 1991
• The Carol Tambor Award, for Goodness, 2006
• A Fringe First Award (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), 2006

[edit] External link

• Brick, A Literary Journal