Steven Price (writer)

{{Short description|Canadian poet and novelist}}

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| name = Steven Price

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| birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia

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| occupation = poet, novelist

| period = 2000s-present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = The Anatomy of Keys

| spouse = Esi Edugyan

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| education = University of Victoria
University of Virginia

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

He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 2000,{{Cite web|url=http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/release.php?display=release&id=389|title = Communications + Marketing - University of Victoria}} and from the University of Virginia with an MFA in poetry.{{cite web |url=http://gvpl.ca/readers-cafe/capital-verse/steven-price/ |title=Steven Price » Greater Victoria Public Library | Literacy, lifelong learning and community enrichment for all |access-date=June 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123090028/http://gvpl.ca/readers-cafe/capital-verse/steven-price/ |archive-date=November 23, 2010 }}

He teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Victoria.http://www.cura.uvic.ca/writing/faculty/price/{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He lives with his partner, novelist Esi Edugyan, in Victoria, British Columbia.Donna Bailey Nurse, [http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=11911 "Writing the blues"]. Quill & Quire, July 2011.

Awards

  • 2007 - Gerald Lampert Award{{Cite web |url=http://www.poetsink.org/Lampert%20Memorial%20Awards.html |title=About us |access-date=2010-06-21 |archive-date=2008-11-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081118012455/http://www.poetsink.org/Lampert%20Memorial%20Awards.html |url-status=dead }}
  • 2013 - ReLit Award for poetry[https://theprovince.com/news/winners+2013+ReLit+Awards/9312768/story.html "And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131105027/http://www.theprovince.com/news/winners+2013+ReLit+Awards/9312768/story.html |date=January 31, 2014 }}. The Province, December 20, 2013.
  • 2016 - By Gaslight longlisted for Scotiabank Giller PrizeScotiabank Giller Prize [http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/finalists/2016-longlist/ "2016 Longlist"]. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  • 2019 - Lampedusa shortlisted for the Giller PrizeDeborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/09/30/michael-crummey-ian-williams-are-in-margaret-atwood-and-andr-alexis-are-out-on-giller-prize-short-list.html "Michael Crummey, Ian Williams are in, Margaret Atwood and André Alexis are out on Giller Prize short list"]. Toronto Star, September 30, 2019.

Works

=Poetry=

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100921022414/http://canlit.ca/canlitpoets.php?page=poems&id=1137 "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=

==Stand-alone novels==

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

==The Talents Trilogy (as J.M. Miro)==

  • Ordinary Monsters (2022) Robert J. Wiersema, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2022/06/17/sheer-joy-comes-through-in-ordinary-monsters-a-debut-novel-under-a-pseudonym-by-one-of-canadas-best-known-writers.html "Sheer joy comes through in “Ordinary Monsters,” a ‘debut novel’ under a pseudonym by one of Canada’s best-known writers"]. Toronto Star, June 17, 2022.
  • Bringer of Dust (2024)

Personal life

Price lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. Their first child was born in August 2011,Marsha Lederman, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/esi-edugyan-a-new-baby-and-an-armful-of-literary-award-nominations/article556305// "Esi Edugyan: A new baby, and an armful of literary-award nominations"], The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011. their second in 2014.Adrian Chamberlain, [https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/victoria-writer-steven-price-scores-international-book-deal-1.1570634 "Victoria writer Steven Price scores international book deal"], Times Colonist, November 13, 2014.

References