Gillian Sze

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Gillian Sze
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Genrepoetry, picture books
Notable awards carte blanche Prize (2011)
Website
www.gilliansze.com

Gillian Sze is a Canadian writer. She has won one Quebec Writers' Federation Award and been a finalist seven times across four different categories.

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Biography

Sze's parents are Chinese immigrants, and she grew up speaking the Hokkien dialect of Mandarin at home. [1] She was raised in Winnipeg. [2] [3]

After graduating from high school, Sze studied at the University of Winnipeg for one year to study medicine, [1] after which she transferred to Concordia University to study creative writing. [2] She later received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Concordia University, [3] as well as a Ph.D. in English Studies from the Université de Montréal. [2]

Sze presently lives in Montreal. [2] Since 2017, she has worked in the English Department at John Abbott College. [4]

Awards and honours

My Love for You is Aways received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews . [5]

The Night is Deep and Wide received a starred review from Publishers Weekly . [6] The book was also named one of the best children's books of the year by New York Public Library (2021) [7] and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (2022). [8]

The Globe and Mail included Quiet Night Think: Poems & Essays in their list of the best 100 books of 2022. [9] CBC Books also included in on their "Best Canadian Poetry of 2022" list. [10]

Awards for Sze's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2009Fish Bones McAuslan First Book Prize Shortlist [11]
2011"Like This Together" carte blanche Prize Winner [12]
2014Peeling Rambutan A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry Shortlist [13]
2016Redrafting Winter A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry Shortlist [13]
2018Panicle A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry Shortlist [13] [14] [15]
2022Quiet Night Think A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry Shortlist [13] [16] [17] [18]
2022You Are My Favorite Color Janet Savage Blachford Prize Shortlist [17] [18]
2023Quiet Night Think Pat Lowther Award Shortlist [19]

Publications

Children's books

Poetry

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  12. ↑ "carte blanche Prize". Quebec Writers' Federation . Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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