Janice Kulyk Keefer
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Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants.
Biography
She was born as Janice Kulyk on 2 June 1952 in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She studied English literature at the University of Toronto, graduating with a BA.[1] She then studied at the University of Sussex, where she received an MPhil and D.Phil.[1] Following this, Keefer became an assistant professor of English studies at Université Sainte-Anne in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.[1] She is a specialist in Modernist literature.[1] In her literary work on Ukrainian-Canadian identity, she "rejects simplified notions of multiculturalism"[1] in preference to a Ukrainian transnational identity.[1] Template:As of, she is a professor of literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.[1]
Her sister is the Canadian artist, Karen Kulyk and her son is the Decouple Podcast host Dr. Chris Keefer.
Awards and honours
- 1987 Governor General's Awards, nominated, Under Eastern Eyes
- 1988 Books in Canada First Novel Award, nominated, Constellations
- 1996 Governor General's Awards, nominated, The Green Library
- 1999 Marian Engel Award, lifetime achievement
- 2006 Greifswald Canadian Studies Fellow in Residence, University of Greifswald, Germany
- 2008 Kobzar Literary Award, The Ladies Lending Library
Bibliography
- White of the Lesser Angels (1986)
- The Paris-Napoli Express (1986)
- Transfigurations (1987)
- Under Eastern Eyes: A Critical Reading of Maritime Fiction
- Constellations
- Reading Mavis Gallant (1989)
- Travelling Ladies (1992)
- Rest Harrow (1992)
- The Green Library
- Marrying the Sea (1998)
- Kyiv, of Two Lands: New Visions (1998, anthology co-edited with Solemea Pavlychko)
- Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family (1998)
- The Waste Zone (2002)
- Thieves (2004)
- The Ladies' Lending Library (2007)
- Foreign Relations (2010)
References
Further reading
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External links
- Interview, online from CBC Words at Large
- Janice Kulyk Keeper at writerscafe.ca Template:Webarchive
- The author at English-Canadian Writers, Athabasca University, by Deborah Saidero, University of Udine, 2016
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- Poets from Toronto
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