Greg Hollingshead

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Gregory Hollingshead, CM (born February 25, 1947) is a Canadian novelist. [1] He was formerly a professor of English at the University of Alberta, and he lives in Toronto, Ontario. [2]

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He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools and the University of Toronto.

His 1995 short story collection The Roaring Girl won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards. [2] His 1998 novel The Healer won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. [2] He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012. [2]

As a professor with the Department of English & Film Studies, Hollingshead taught creative writing classes for 30 years; he retired as emeritus in 2005. From 2000 to 2018, he directed the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre.

Early life and education

Greg Hollingshead was born in Toronto, Ontario, on February 25, 1947, and he grew up in Woodbridge, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Hollinghead's first publication was in a 1968 anthology of poets from the House of Anansi called TO Now.

Hollingshead later went back to university to complete his Master of Arts in English at the University of Toronto, and by 1975, he had earned his Ph.D. from the University of London.

Career

Hollingshead published his first collection of stories, Famous Players, in 1982. In 1992, he had completed another two publications, White Buick and Spin Dry, and by 1995, he was awarded the Governor General's Award for Fiction for his story collection, The Roaring Girl.

The Healer, his second novel, was published in 1998 and was nominated for the Giller Prize; it won him the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [3] His third novel, Bedlam, was published in 2004 and was listed for several awards, including the Grant MacEwan Author's Award, the Georges Bugnet Award, and the Edmonton Book Prize.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ New, W. H., Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN   0802007619. Entry "Greg Hollingshead", p. 507.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "All in good order for Greg Hollingshead". Edmonton Journal , July 4, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "The Writers' Trust of Canada - Prize History". www.writerstrust.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  4. ↑ Cole, Susan (2 September 2015). "Review: Act Normal by Greg Hollingshead". Now Toronto. Now Toronto. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Alberta Literary Awards Finalists and Winners | Writers' Guild of Alberta". writersguild.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  6. ↑ "The Writers' Trust of Canada - GregHollingshead". writerstrust.com. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  7. ↑ "2007 – Greg Hollingshead | LG Arts Awards". www.artsawards.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  8. ↑ "2016 WGA Golden Pen Award Recipient | Writers' Guild of Alberta". writersguild.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Six Edmonton writers win Alberta Literary Awards". Edmonton Journal. 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
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