Ian Williams
Born (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979 (age 44)
OccupationPoet and fiction writer
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Toronto (BSc, MA, PhD)
Notable worksReproduction
Notable awards
Website
ianwilliams.ca

Ian Williams (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer. His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award,[1] and his debut novel, Reproduction, was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize.[2] His work has been shortlisted for various awards, as well.

Williams earned Honours Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Toronto.[citation needed] He was a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia[3] for many years and is now a tenured English professor at University of Toronto.[4] He is also a trustee of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry.[5] From 2014-2015, he was the Canadian Writer-in-Residence with the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program, and in 2022, he was the Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris. [4]

Awards and honours

Awards for Williams's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2011 Not Anyone’s Anything Danuta Gleed Literary Award Winner [3][1]
You Know Who You Are ReLit Awards Shortlist
2013 Personals Griffin Poetry Prize Finalist [6][7]
ReLit Awards Shortlist [8]
Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award Shortlist [3]
2019 Reproduction Amazon.ca First Novel Award Shortlist [9]
Giller Prize Winner [2]
Toronto Book Award Shortlist [10][11]
2021 Disorientation Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist [12]
Reproduction International Dublin Literary Award Longlist [13]
Word Problems Raymond Souster Award Winner [14]
ReLit Awards Shortlist [15]

Books

References

  1. ^ a b "Ian Williams wins $10K prize for debut story collection". CBC Books. 2012-06-07. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  2. ^ a b "Ian Williams wins the 2019 Scotiabank Giller prize for debut novel". CBC News. November 18, 2019. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Andrew, Suzanne Alyssa (2019-01-30). "Poet Ian Williams experiments with structure to tell a classic love story". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  4. ^ a b "About". Ian Williams. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  5. ^ "Trustees". Griffin Poetry Prize. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  6. ^ Medley, Mark (2013-06-07). "Ian Williams: Poet seeking reader". National Post. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  7. ^ "Awards: IACP; Edward Lewis Wallant; Walt Whitman; Griffin". Shelf Awareness. 2013-04-12. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  8. ^ "And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...." Archived 2014-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. The Province, December 20, 2013.
  9. ^ Dundas, Deborah (2019-04-26). "Tanya Tagaq, Ian Williams among finalists for $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  10. ^ Porter, Ryan (June 19, 2019). "Twelve titles longlisted for Toronto Book Award". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  11. ^ Dundas, Deborah (October 2, 2019). "Dionne Brand named winner of 2019 Toronto Book Awards". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  12. ^ Qiao, Vicky (2021-09-15). "Jordan Abel & Ian Williams among five finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction". CBC Books. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  13. ^ "Reproduction". International Dublin Literary Award. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  14. ^ "2021 Book Awards: Winners!" Archived 2021-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. League of Canadian Poets, May 5, 2021.
  15. ^ "Susan Sanford Blades, Kristyn Dunnion & Simina Banu win 2021 ReLit Awards" Archived 2022-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, April 27, 2021.

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Recipients of the Giller Prize
Recipients of the Raymond Souster Award
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