Steven Price (born in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and novelist.
Steven Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Occupation | poet, novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Victoria University of Virginia |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | The Anatomy of Keys |
| Spouse | Esi Edugyan |
He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 2000,[1] and from the University of Virginia with an MFA, in poetry.[2]
He teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Victoria.[3] He lives with his partner, novelist Esi Edugyan, in Victoria, British Columbia.[4]
Awards
edit- 2007 - Gerald Lampert Award[5]
- 2013 - ReLit Award for poetry[6]
- 2016 - By Gaslight longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize[7]
- 2019 - Lampedusa shortlisted for the Giller Prize[8]
Works
editPoetry
edit- "Images", Canadian Literature #179: Literature & War (Winter 2003)
- The Anatomy of Keys (Brick Books, 2006), ISBN 9781894078511
- Omens in the Year of the Ox (Brick Books, 2012), ISBN 9781926829760
Fiction
edit- Into That Darkness (2011)
- By Gaslight (2016)
- Lampedusa (2019)
- Ordinary Monsters (2022) under the pseudonym J.M. Miro [9]
Personal life
editPrice lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. Their first child was born in August 2011,[10] their second in 2014.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Communications + Marketing - University of Victoria".
- ^ "Steven Price » Greater Victoria Public Library | Literacy, lifelong learning and community enrichment for all". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ^ http://www.cura.uvic.ca/writing/faculty/price/[permanent dead link]
- ^ Donna Bailey Nurse, "Writing the blues". Quill & Quire, July 2011.
- ^ "About us". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ^ "And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...." Archived January 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Province, December 20, 2013.
- ^ Scotiabank Giller Prize "2016 Longlist". Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Michael Crummey, Ian Williams are in, Margaret Atwood and André Alexis are out on Giller Prize short list". Toronto Star, September 30, 2019.
- ^ Robert J. Wiersema, "Sheer joy comes through in “Ordinary Monsters,” a ‘debut novel’ under a pseudonym by one of Canada’s best-known writers". Toronto Star, June 17, 2022.
- ^ Marsha Lederman, "Esi Edugyan: A new baby, and an armful of literary-award nominations", The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011.
- ^ Adrian Chamberlain, "Victoria writer Steven Price scores international book deal", Times Colonist, November 13, 2014.