Michelle Winters
{{Short description|Canadian writer, translator and artist}}
{{infobox writer
| name = Michelle Winters
| birth_date = 1972
| birth_place = Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| occupation = Novelist, playwright, translator
| genre = novels, plays
}}
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Michelle Winters is a Canadian writer, translator and artist.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2016/12/17/road-trip-books-combine-destiny-and-destination.html "Road-trip books combine destiny and destination"]. Toronto Star, December 17, 2016.
Winters was born in 1972 in Saint John, New Brunswick. As a founding member of Just in a Bowl Productions,[https://alllitup.ca/contributors/W/Winters-Michelle Michelle Winters], alllitup.ca, retrieved May 18, 2020. she has co-written and performed in Unsinkable (2000)[https://www.theatermania.com/shows/toronto-theater/unsinkable_4934 Unsinkable], theatermania.com (2000), retrieved May 18, 2020. and The Hungarian Suicide Duel (2002).Jon Kaplan and Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/stage/fringe-festival-listings-2002-07-11/ Fringe Festival Listings], nowtoronto.com (11. July 2002), retrieved May 18, 2020. Her short stories have appeared in This Magazine, Taddle Creek, Dragnet and Matrix, and made her a nominee for the 2011 Journey Prize for short fiction.Michelle Colistro, [https://pivotreadings.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/april-22-stacey-may-fowles-liisa-ladouceur-and-michelle-winters/ April 22: Stacey May Fowles, Liisa Ladouceur and Michelle Winters], pivotreadings.wordpress.com (April 9, 2009), retrieved May 18, 2020. In 2017 she received a shortlisted Scotiabank Giller Prize nomination for her debut novel I Am a Truck.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/scotiabank-giller-prize-2017-shortlist-1.4316399 "5 finalists for 2017 Giller Prize revealed"]. CBC News, October 2, 2017.
Publications
- “Toupée”, in: Journey: Celebrating the Journey Prize: Selected Stories 1989-2023, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2018, {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0743-9}}
- Hair for Men (novel), House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2024 {{ISBN|978-1-4870-1191-8}}
- I Am a Truck (novel), Invisible Publishing, Picton 2016 {{ISBN|978-1-9267-4378-3}}
- “The Canadian Grotesque”, in: Taddle Creek, No. 30 (Summer 2013).
- “Maintenance to six”, in: Dragnet Magazine, No. 8 (2013).
- “Toupée”, in: Sharon Bala et al. (ed.), The Journey Prize Stories 30: The Best of Canada's New Writers, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2018, {{ISBN|978-0-7710-5075-6}}
Translations
- Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Kiss the Undertow (Kiss the Undertow), House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2024 {{ISBN|978-1-4870-1210-6}}
- Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Daniil and Vanya (Daniil et Vanya), Invisible Publishing, Picton 2020 {{ISBN|978-1-9887-8457-1}}
- Marie-Ève Comtois, My Planet of Kites (Je Te Trouve Belle Mon Homme), transl. with Stuart Ross, Mansfield Press, Toronto 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-7712-6061-9}}
Theatrical works
- The Hungarian Suicide Duel with Lori Delorme, Just in a Bowl Productions 2002.
- Unsinkable with Lori Delorme, Just in a Bowl Productions 2000.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.michellewinters.ca/|Michelle Winters official website}}
- Short stories by Michelle Winters:
- [https://this.org/2010/01/22/fiction-toupee-michelle-winters/ “Toupée”], this.org (January 22, 2010), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- [https://www.taddlecreekmag.com/the-canadian-grotesque “The Canadian Grotesque”], taddlecreekmag.com (2013), retrieved May 18, 2020.
- [https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1322/7695/files/DragnetMagazineIssue008.pdf “Maintenance to six”], cdn.shopify.com (July 2013). retrieved May 18, 2020.
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Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:21st-century Canadian short story writers
Category:Canadian women novelists
Category:Canadian women short story writers
Category:Writers from Saint John, New Brunswick