Terence Young (writer)

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Terence Young (born 1953) is a Canadian writer.[1] He is most noted for his poetry collection The Island in Winter, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1999 Governor General's Awards[2] and for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2000.[3]

The Island in Winter was his debut poetry collection. The following year he published his first short story collection, Rhymes with Useless.[4] He followed up with the novel After Goodlake's in 2004,[5] the poetry collection Moving Day in 2006,[6] and the short story collection The End of the Ice Age in 2010.[7]

Rhymes with Useless was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2001,[8] After Goodlake's won the city of Victoria's Butler Book Prize in 2005,[9] and Moving Day was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2007.[10]

He is married to poet Patricia Young.[11] Their daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection Teardown was published in 2016.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adrian Chamberlain, "CBC nods for Dad, daughter". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "7 B.C. writers up for G-G awards". Vancouver Sun, October 20, 1999.
  3. ^ "The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2000.
  4. ^ K. Gordon Neufeld, "Top-notch storyteller has a great future". Edmonton Journal, October 29, 2000.
  5. ^ Vivian Moreau, "Terence Young: He's so-o-o-o perfect yet manages to be interesting". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 30, 2004.
  6. ^ "Author knows about writing". Victoria News, October 20, 2006.
  7. ^ Matthew R. Loney, "The End of the Ice Age". Broken Pencil, Issue 49 (Fall 2010).
  8. ^ "Writers' Union of Canada names contenders for Danuta Gleed Literary Award". National Post, April 3, 2001.
  9. ^ Jim Gibson, "Well-placed novel wins city honour". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 28, 2005.
  10. ^ "National contenders vying for B.C. prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 8, 2007.
  11. ^ Katherine Dedyna, "Husband and wife vie for city book prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 10, 2007.
  12. ^ M. A. C. Farrant, "Review: Clea Young's short stories are as smart as they are astute". Vancouver Sun, November 19, 2016.

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