Catherine Banks

Catherine Banks
Catherine Banks
Occupation	playwright
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2000s-present
Notable works	Bone Cage, It Is Solved By Walking

Catherine Banks is a Canadian playwright. She is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language drama, in 2008 for Bone Cage and in 2012 for It Is Solved By Walking.[1]

She resides in Sambro, Nova Scotia, a rural community within the Halifax Regional Municipality.[2]

Her other plays have included Three Storey, Ocean View, Bitter Rose and Miss'n Me. Her latest project involves adapting Ernest Buckler's novel The Mountain and the Valley for the stage.[3]

Banks has cited Michel Tremblay and María Irene Fornés as being among her literary inspirations.[3]

References

"Nova Scotia’s Banks among Governor General’s Award winners". The Chronicle Herald, November 13, 2012.
"Sambro playwright nominated again for Governor General’s award". The Chronicle Herald, October 2, 2012.
Brunet, Julien Russell. "Catherine Banks: The Governor General's Literary Awards interview series". The Walrus. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

External links

Catherine Banks at the Playwrights Guild of Canada

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[1] "Nova Scotia’s Banks among Governor General’s Award winners". The Chronicle Herald, November 13, 2012.

[2] "Sambro playwright nominated again for Governor General’s award". The Chronicle Herald, October 2, 2012.

[thewalrus-3] Brunet, Julien Russell. "Catherine Banks: The Governor General's Literary Awards interview series". The Walrus. Retrieved 20 February 2014.