Terence Young (writer)

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Terence Young (born 1953) is a Canadian writer. [1] He is most noted for his poetry collection The Island in Winter, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1999 Governor General's Awards [2] and for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2000. [3]

The Island in Winter was his debut poetry collection. The following year he published his first short story collection, Rhymes with Useless. [4] He followed up with the novel After Goodlake's in 2004, [5] the poetry collection Moving Day in 2006, [6] and the short story collection The End of the Ice Age in 2010. [7]

Rhymes with Useless was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2001, [8] After Goodlake's won the city of Victoria's Butler Book Prize in 2005, [9] and Moving Day was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2007. [10]

He is married to poet Patricia Young. [11] Their daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection Teardown was published in 2016. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Adrian Chamberlain, "CBC nods for Dad, daughter". Victoria Times-Colonist , March 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ "7 B.C. writers up for G-G awards". Vancouver Sun , October 20, 1999.
  3. ↑ "The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun , April 8, 2000.
  4. ↑ K. Gordon Neufeld, "Top-notch storyteller has a great future". Edmonton Journal , October 29, 2000.
  5. ↑ Vivian Moreau, "Terence Young: He's so-o-o-o perfect yet manages to be interesting". Victoria Times-Colonist , May 30, 2004.
  6. ↑ "Author knows about writing". Victoria News , October 20, 2006.
  7. ↑ Matthew R. Loney, "The End of the Ice Age". Broken Pencil , Issue 49 (Fall 2010).
  8. ↑ "Writers' Union of Canada names contenders for Danuta Gleed Literary Award". National Post , April 3, 2001.
  9. ↑ Jim Gibson, "Well-placed novel wins city honour". Victoria Times-Colonist , October 28, 2005.
  10. ↑ "National contenders vying for B.C. prize". Victoria Times-Colonist , March 8, 2007.
  11. ↑ Katherine Dedyna, "Husband and wife vie for city book prize". Victoria Times-Colonist , October 10, 2007.
  12. ↑ M. A. C. Farrant, "Review: Clea Young's short stories are as smart as they are astute". Vancouver Sun , November 19, 2016.


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