Tamas Dobozy

Tamas Dobozy
Tamas Dobozy
Born	26 August 1969; Nanaimo, British Columbia
Occupation	Writer; Teacher;
Nationality	Canadian

Tamas Dobozy (born 26 August 1969)[1] is a Canadian writer and professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.[2]

Early life

Dobozy was born in the city of Nanaimo, located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.[3] Between the ages of 3 and 18 he lived in Powell River, British Columbia, and subsequently in Victoria, Montreal, Budapest, Vancouver, Toronto, and St. John's. He received his BA/BFA in English/Creative Writing from The University of Victoria, his MA in English from Concordia University, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of British Columbia.[3]

Career

Dobozy taught at Memorial University[3] and currently teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario.[2]

Awards and honors

1995 sub-Terrain Short Fiction Contest Winner for "Like A Salmon Getting Me Down"
2003 Danuta Gleed Award shortlist for When X Equals Marylou
2011 O Henry Award for "The Restoration of the Villa Where Tíbor Kálmán Once Lived"
2012 Camera Obscura Editors' Award for Outstanding Fiction for "The Selected Mugshots of Famous Hungarian Assassins"
2012 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize winner for Siege 13
2012 Governor General's Awards shortlist for Siege 13
2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for Siege 13[4]
2014 National Magazine Awards, Gold Medal for Fiction for "Krasnagorsk-2" published in The New Quarterly

Bibliography

When X Equals Marylou (Arsenal Pulp, 2002)
Last Notes and Other Stories (HarperCollins Canada/Arcade, 2005)
Siege 13: Stories (Thomas Allen/Milkweed, 2012)

References

Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Page
Harper Collins Authors - Tamas Dobozy
Alison Flood (31 May 2013). "Frank O'Connor short story award pits UK authors against international stars". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2014.

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[Laurier-2] Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Page

[Harper-3] Harper Collins Authors - Tamas Dobozy

[4] Alison Flood (31 May 2013). "Frank O'Connor short story award pits UK authors against international stars". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2014.