Wayne Johnston (1) (1958–)
Auteur de The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Wayne Johnston, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Wayne Johnston was born in Goulds, Newfoundland in 1958. He graduated with a B.A. in English from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1978. He worked from 1978-1981 as a newspaper reporter with the St. John's Daily News. In 1981, he decided to write fiction full-time. In 1983, he graduated with afficher plus an M.A. in creative writing from the University of New Brunswick. His first book, The Story of Bobby O'Malley, won the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1985. His other works include The Divine Ryans, which won the 1991 Thomas Head Raddall Award and was adapted into a movie, Baltimore's Mansion, which won the Charles Taylor Prize, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The Navigator of New York, and The Custodian of Paradise. (Bowker Author Biography) Wayne Johnston was born and raised in Newfoundland and now lives in Toronto. afficher moins
Crédit image: Wayne Johnston at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013 By Dan Harasymchuk - Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65663234
Séries
Œuvres de Wayne Johnston
World of Wonders (Deptford Trilogy) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose (1977) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 1,265 exemplaires
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out… (2000) — Contributeur — 301 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Johnston, Wayne
- Date de naissance
- 1958
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Goulds, Newfoundland, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Études
- Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (BA|English)
University of New Brunswick (MA|Creative Writing) - Professions
- novelist
journalist
Distinguished Chair in Creative Writing, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, USA (2004- ) - Prix et distinctions
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award (2011)
Leacock Medal for Humour (2023)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Favourite Books (1)
Canadian Fiction (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 2,861
- Popularité
- #8,969
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 67
- ISBN
- 98
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 12