Kenneth Radu

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Kenneth Radu
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Occupationnovelist, poet, short story writer
Period1980s-2000s
Notable worksThe Cost of Living, Distant Relations, A Private Performance

Kenneth Radu is a Canadian writer. He was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for his short story collection The Cost of Living. [1]

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Originally from Windsor, Ontario, he resided in Quebec as an adult, where he taught at John Abbott College in Montreal. [1]

He was a shortlisted nominee for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1989 for Distant Relations, [2] and has won the Hugh Maclennan Prize for Fiction in 1989 for Distant Relations [3] and in 1991 for A Private Performance. [4]

He has also served as co-editor of Matrix, a literary magazine devoted to English-language writing in Montreal. [5] He wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Yves Beauchemin's novel The Alley Cat . [6]

Works

Novels

Short stories

Poetry

Memoir

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References

  1. 1 2 "Senneville author Radu wary of pretentious labels". The Gazette , February 9, 1989.
  2. ↑ "Birdsell book wins in tie-breaker, takes first novel award for 1989". Vancouver Sun , March 30, 1990.
  3. ↑ "Three writers win QSPELL prizes". The Gazette , November 4, 1989.
  4. ↑ "Kenneth Radu wins MacLennan Prize; Look at suburban family life wins QSPELL's fiction award". The Gazette , November 16, 1991.
  5. ↑ "Matrix, a Montreal-based magazine focusing on English writing in Quebec, is becoming an increasingly important document of what it means to be a non-francophone living in the province". The Globe and Mail , September 8, 1990.
  6. ↑ "New Canadian Library is where CanLit begins". The Gazette , April 1, 1995.


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