Steven Price (writer)

Steven Price (born in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

Steven Price
BornVictoria, British Columbia
Occupationpoet, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksThe Anatomy of Keys
SpouseEsi Edugyan

He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 2000,[1] and from the University of Virginia with an MFA, in poetry.[2]

He teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Victoria.[3] He lives with his partner, novelist Esi Edugyan, in Victoria, British Columbia.[4]

Awards
  • 2007 - Gerald Lampert Award[5]
  • 2013 - ReLit Award for poetry[6]
  • 2016 - By Gaslight longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize[7]
  • 2019 - Lampedusa shortlisted for the Giller Prize[8]

Works

Poetry
  • "Images", Canadian Literature #179: Literature & War (Winter 2003)
  • The Anatomy of Keys (Brick Books, 2006), ISBN 9781894078511
  • Omens in the Year of the Ox (Brick Books, 2012), ISBN 9781926829760

Fiction
  • Into That Darkness (2011)
  • By Gaslight (2016)
  • Lampedusa (2019)

Personal life

Price lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. Their first child was born in August 2011,[9] their second in 2014.[10]

References
  1. http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/release.php?display=release&id=389
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.cura.uvic.ca/writing/faculty/price/%5B%5D
  4. Donna Bailey Nurse, "Writing the blues". Quill & Quire, July 2011.
  5. http://www.poetsink.org/Lampert%20Memorial%20Awards.html
  6. "And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...." Archived January 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Province, December 20, 2013.
  7. Scotiabank Giller Prize "2016 Longlist". Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  8. Deborah Dundas, "Michael Crummey, Ian Williams are in, Margaret Atwood and André Alexis are out on Giller Prize short list". Toronto Star, September 30, 2019.
  9. Marsha Lederman, "Esi Edugyan: A new baby, and an armful of literary-award nominations", The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011.
  10. Adrian Chamberlain, "Victoria writer Steven Price scores international book deal", Times Colonist, November 13, 2014.
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