Michelle Winters is a Canadian writer, translator and artist.[1]
Michelle Winters | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, translator |
| Genre | novels, plays |
Winters was born in 1972 in Saint John, New Brunswick. As a founding member of Just in a Bowl Productions,[2] she has co-written and performed in Unsinkable (2000)[3] and The Hungarian Suicide Duel (2002).[4] Her short stories have appeared in This Magazine, Taddle Creek, Dragnet and Matrix, and made her a nominee for the 2011 Journey Prize for short fiction.[5] In 2017 she received a shortlisted Scotiabank Giller Prize nomination for her debut novel I Am a Truck.[6]
Publications
edit- “Toupée”, in: Journey: Celebrating the Journey Prize: Selected Stories 1989-2023, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-0-7710-0743-9
- Hair for Men (novel), House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2024 ISBN 978-1-4870-1191-8
- I Am a Truck (novel), Invisible Publishing, Picton 2016 ISBN 978-1-9267-4378-3
- “The Canadian Grotesque”, in: Taddle Creek, No. 30 (Summer 2013).
- “Maintenance to six”, in: Dragnet Magazine, No. 8 (2013).
- “Toupée”, in: Sharon Bala et al. (ed.), The Journey Prize Stories 30: The Best of Canada's New Writers, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-0-7710-5075-6
Translations
edit- Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Kiss the Undertow (Kiss the Undertow), House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2024 ISBN 978-1-4870-1210-6
- Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Daniil and Vanya (Daniil et Vanya), Invisible Publishing, Picton 2020 ISBN 978-1-9887-8457-1
- Marie-Ève Comtois, My Planet of Kites (Je Te Trouve Belle Mon Homme), transl. with Stuart Ross, Mansfield Press, Toronto 2014, ISBN 978-1-7712-6061-9
Theatrical works
edit- The Hungarian Suicide Duel with Lori Delorme, Just in a Bowl Productions 2002.
- Unsinkable with Lori Delorme, Just in a Bowl Productions 2000.
References
edit- ^ "Road-trip books combine destiny and destination". Toronto Star, December 17, 2016.
- ^ a b Michelle Winters, alllitup.ca, retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Unsinkable, theatermania.com (2000), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Jon Kaplan and Glenn Sumi, Fringe Festival Listings, nowtoronto.com (11. July 2002), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Michelle Colistro, April 22: Stacey May Fowles, Liisa Ladouceur and Michelle Winters, pivotreadings.wordpress.com (April 9, 2009), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "5 finalists for 2017 Giller Prize revealed". CBC News, October 2, 2017.
External links
edit- Michelle Winters official website
- Short stories by Michelle Winters:
- “Toupée”, this.org (January 22, 2010), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- “The Canadian Grotesque”, taddlecreekmag.com (2013), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- “Maintenance to six”, cdn.shopify.com (July 2013). retrieved May 18, 2020.