Wayne Johnston (1) (1958–)
Autor(a) de The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
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About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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. mostrar menos
Image credit: 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
Obras por Wayne Johnston
World of Wonders (Deptford Trilogy) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out… (2000) — Contribuidor — 301 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Johnston, Wayne
- Data de nascimento
- 1958
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Canada
- Local de nascimento
- St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- Locais de residência
- Goulds, Newfoundland, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Educação
- Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (BA|English)
University of New Brunswick (MA|Creative Writing) - Ocupações
- novelist
journalist
Distinguished Chair in Creative Writing, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, USA (2004- ) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award (2011)
Leacock Medal for Humour (2023)
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Favourite Books (1)
Canadian Fiction (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 2,862
- Popularidade
- #8,968
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 67
- ISBN
- 98
- Línguas
- 2
- Marcado como favorito
- 12