Patrick deWitt
| Patrick deWitt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vancouver Island, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | The Sisters Brothers |
Patrick deWitt (born 1975) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. He was born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and later lived in California and Washington. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.[1]
His first book, Ablutions (2009), was named a New York Times Editors' Choice book. His second book, The Sisters Brothers (2011), was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize[2] the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[3] and the 2011 Governor General's Award for English language fiction.[4] He was one of two Canadian writers, alongside Esi Edugyan, to make all four award lists in 2011.[2] On 1 November 2011, he was announced as the winner of the Rogers Prize,[5] and on 15 November 2011, he was announced as the winner of Canada's 2011 Governor General's Award for English language fiction.[6] On 26 April 2012, the book The Sisters Brothers won the 2012 Stephen Leacock Award. Alongside Edugyan, The Sisters Brothers was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2012 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.[7]
His third novel, Undermajordomo Minor, was published in 2015.[8] The novel is longlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[9]
Bibliography
Novels
- Ablutions (2009)
- The Sisters Brothers (2011)
- Undermajordomo Minor (2015)
Screenplays
- Terri (2011)
References
- ↑ Mesh, Aaron (3 August 2011). "Hotseat: Patrick deWitt". Willamette Week. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- 1 2 "DeWitt and Edugyan add Giller nods to Booker nominations". The Globe and Mail, 4 October 2011.
- ↑ "Booker nominees Edugyan, deWitt make shortlist for Writers' Trust prize". The Globe and Mail, 28 September 2011.
- ↑ "Edugyan, deWitt shortlisted for Governor General literary award". Toronto Star, 11 October 2011.
- ↑ "Patrick deWitt’s 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers’ Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail, 1 November 2011.
- ↑ "Patrick DeWitt wins Governor General Literary Award for Sisters Brothers". National Post, 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "Edugyan and deWitt face off in yet another literary contest". The Globe and Mail, 4 April 2012.
- ↑ "Patrick deWitt: fame, horses, and his new novel". Quill & Quire, September 2015.
- ↑ The Scotiabank Giller Prize Presents Its 2015 Longlist
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