Английская Википедия:Gil Adamson

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox writer Gillian "Gil" Adamson (born January 1, 1961) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander.

Biography

Adamson's first published work was Primitive, a volume of poetry, in 1991. She followed this with the short story collection Help Me, Jacques Cousteau in 1995 and a second volume of poetry, Ashland, in 2003, as well a number of chapbooks and a commissioned fan biography of Gillian Anderson, Mulder, It's Me, which she co-authored with her sister-in-law, Dawn Connolly, in 1997.[1] A selection of her poetry also appeared in the anthology Surreal Estate: 13 Canadian Poets Under the Influence (The Mercury Press, 2004). The Outlander, a novel set in the Canadian West at the turn of the 20th century, was published by House of Anansi in spring 2007 and won the Hammett Prize that year. The novel was later selected for the 2009 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by the actor Nicholas Campbell.Шаблон:Cn

Her novel, Ridgerunner, was published in May 2020.[2] It won the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[3] and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.[4]

Adamson lives in Toronto with the poet Kevin Connolly.[5]

Awards

Awards for Adamson's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2004 Ashland ReLit Award for Novel Shortlist
2008 Шаблон:Sort Books in Canada First Novel Award Winner [6]
Hammett Prize Winner [7]
ReLit Award for Novel Winner [8]
2020 Ridgerunner Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Winner [3]
Giller Prize Shortlist [4][9]

Selected works

See also

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References

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External links


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