Alan R. Wilson
Canadian novelist and poet
Alan R. Wilson | |
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| Born | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation | novelist, poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Notable works | Before the Flood |
Alan R. Wilson is a Canadian novelist and poet, who won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 1999 for his novel Before the Flood.[1] The novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Stephen Leacock Award.[2]
His prior publications include the poetry collections Animate Objects (1995), Counting to 100 (1996) and Sky Atlas (2008).[1]
Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick,[1] he currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia.[2] His second novel, Lucifer's Hair, has been completed and is slated for future publication.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Alan Robert Wilson Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. St. Thomas University's New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, 2009.
- ^ a b c CanLit Poets: Alan R. Wilson Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Literature, April 21, 2010.
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Winners of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award
- Ian McLachlan and Michael Ondaatje (1977)
- Oonah McFee (1978)
- Joan Barfoot (1979)
- Clark Blaise (1980)
- W. D. Valgardson (1981)
- Joy Kogawa (1982)
- W. P. Kinsella (1983)
- Heather Robertson (1984)
- Geoffrey Ursell (1985)
- Wayne Johnston (1986)
- Karen Lawrence (1987)
- Marion Quednau (1988)
- Rick Salutin (1989)
- Sandra Birdsell (1990)
- Nino Ricci (1991)
- Rohinton Mistry (1992)
- John Steffler (1993)
- Deborah Joy Corey (1994)
- Shyam Selvadurai (1995)
- Keath Fraser (1996)
- Anne Michaels (1997)
- Margaret Gibson (1998)
- André Alexis (1999)
- David Macfarlane and Alan R. Wilson (2000)
- Eva Stachniak (2001)
- Michael Redhill (2002)
- Mary Lawson (2003)
- Michel Basilières (2004)
- Colin McAdam (2005)
- Joseph Boyden (2006)
- Madeleine Thien (2007)
- Gil Adamson (2008)
- Joan Thomas (2009)
- Jessica Grant (2010)
- Eleanor Catton (2011)
- David Bezmozgis (2012)
- Anakana Schofield (2013)
- Wayne Grady (2014)
- Alix Hawley (2015)
- Mona Awad (2016)
- Katherena Vermette (2017)
- Michael Kaan (2018)
- Casey Plett (2019)
- Stéphane Larue (2020)
- Michelle Good (2021)
- Pik-Shuen Fung (2022)
- Jasmine Sealy (2023)
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