Mark Frutkin

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Mark Frutkin (born January 2, 1948) is a Canadian novelist and poet. He has published ten books of fiction, three books of poetry, as well as two works of non-fiction and a book of essays. In 2022, his novel The Artist and the Assassin won the Silver Medal in the IPPY Awards (for books from independent publishers in Canada/US/Australia), in the category of literary fiction. In 2007, his novel, Fabrizio's Return, won the Trillium Prize for Best Book in Ontario [1] and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, [2] and was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean region). [3] In 1988, his novel, Atmospheres Apollinaire, was short-listed for a Governor General's Award and was also short-listed for the Trillium Award, as well as the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award. His works have been shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Awards five times.

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Frutkin went to Canada in 1970 as a draft resister during the Vietnam War after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University in Chicago, USA. In 1967-68 he studied at Loyola University in Rome, Italy. From 1970-80, he lived in a log cabin with no electricity or running water near Wolf Lake, Quebec. Since 1980, he has lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Faith.

As a journalist and critic he has written articles and reviews for The Globe and Mail , Harper's , the Ottawa Citizen , Montreal Gazette , Amazon.com/ca, Ottawa Magazine and other publications. His poetry and fiction have been published in numerous Canadian and foreign journals including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Descant , and Prism International.

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The following is a list of winners and nominees in English-language categories for the Trillium Book Award, a Canadian literary award presented by Ontario Creates to honour books published by writers resident in the province of Ontario. Separate awards have been presented for French-language literature since 1994; for the winners and nominees in French-language categories, see Trillium Book Award, French.

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  1. ↑ "Mark Frutkin wins Trillium book prize". Toronto Star . 2007-06-04. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  2. ↑ "Fabrizio Is An SF Fable". Sci Fi Wire . 2007-10-15. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Munro and more on short list for prize". Toronto Star. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Astronomical talent: Halley's Comet inspires a time-bending, heart-stopping tour de force". Literary Review of Canada . 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Year in Review 1993: Literature: Canada". Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  6. ↑ Goodrich, Chris (1993-02-21). "INVADING TIBET by Mark Frutkin". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2008-06-16.
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