Kayt Burgess

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Kayt Burgess
Born Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada
Occupation novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2010s – present
Notable worksHeidegger Stairwell

Kayt Burgess is a Canadian writer, who won the Three-Day Novel Contest in 2011 for her debut novel Heidegger Stairwell. [1] Published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2012, the novel was subsequently a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 ReLit Award in the fiction category. She was also a finalist in the 2012 Three-Day Novel Contest, but did not win, for the not-yet-published novel Fauvel.

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Heidegger Stairwell, about a successful Canadian indie rock band on the verge of collapse due to internal tensions, is narrated by a former girlfriend of the band's lead guitarist who has recently come out as a trans man, [2] and was noted for its unconventional narrative technique, including "editorial notes" from various characters disputing and contradicting the version of the story presented by the narrator. [2] The novel was subsequently adapted by music journalist Chandler Levack for the short film We Forgot to Break Up in 2017; [3] and by Karen Knox as the 2024 feature film We Forgot to Break Up . [4]

Burgess has also published short stories in the literary journals The Pinch and Mosaic, and published a standalone short story, "The Soprano", with Found Press in 2013.

Born in Manitouwadge, Ontario and raised in Elliot Lake, [1] Burgess was educated at Humber College, the University of Western Ontario and Bath Spa University. [1] She currently lives in Aurora, Ontario.

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