Esi Edugyan
| Esi Edugyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable work(s) | Half-Blood Blues |
| Notable award(s) |
Scotiabank Giller Prize 2011 Half-Blood Blues |
| Spouse(s) | Steven Price |
Esi Edugyan is a Canadian novelist.[1]
Biography
Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, to Ghanaian immigrant parents,[1] she studied creative writing at the University of Victoria and Johns Hopkins University before publishing her debut novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, in 2004.[1]
Despite favourable reviews for her first novel, Edugyan had difficulty securing a publisher for her second fiction manuscript.[1] She spent some time as a writer-in-residence in Stuttgart, Germany, which inspired her to drop her unsold manuscript and write another novel, Half-Blood Blues, about a mixed-race jazz musician in World War II-era Europe who is abducted by the Nazis as a "Rhineland Bastard".[1]
Published in 2011, Half-Blood Blues was announced as a shortlisted nominee for that year's Man Booker Prize,[2] Scotiabank Giller Prize,[3] Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[4] and Governor General's Award for English language fiction.[5] She was one of two Canadian writers, alongside Patrick deWitt, to make all four award lists in 2011.[3] On November 8, 2011, she won the Giller Prize for Half-Blood Blues.[6] Again alongside deWitt, Half-Blood Blues was also shortlisted for the 2012 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.[7] In April 2012, it was announced that Edugyan had won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Half-Blood Blues.
Edugyan lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to novelist and poet Steven Price.[1]
Works
- The Second Life of Samuel Tyne (2004)
- Half-Blood Blues (2011)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Writing the blues". Quill & Quire, July 2011.
- ↑ "Two Canadians Shortlisted for Man Booker". The Mark, September 6, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "DeWitt and Edugyan add Giller nods to Booker nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Booker nominees Edugyan, deWitt make shortlist for Writers' Trust prize". The Globe and Mail, September 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Edugyan, deWitt shortlisted for Governor General literary award". Toronto Star, October 11, 2011.
- ↑ Esi Edugyan wins the Giller Prize. CBC News, November 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Edugyan and deWitt face off in yet another literary contest". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 2012.
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