The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence
 About Rawi Hage On behalf of the Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence Committee and the Chair of the Department of English at St. George, we are pleased to announce that the University of Toronto's Jack McClelland Writer in Residence for 2016 is Rawi Hage. Rawi Hage is a novelist residing in Montreal since 1991. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, he studied photography at Dawson College and Fine Arts at Concordia University, and holds an MFA from the Université du Québec à Montreal. After establishing himself as a photographer, whose work has been widely exhibited and acquired by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and working as a cab driver in Montreal, he decided to pursue writing.
De Niro’s Game (2006), his first novel, won the 2008 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for English Fiction. It also received two Quebec awards, the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the McAusian First Book Prize.
His second novel, Cockroach (2008) was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Both this novel and his third one, Carnival (2012) also won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.
Office Hours for U of T faculty, students and staff: JHB 924- Wednesdays from 10 am to 12 pm.
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Jack McClelland Writers-in-Residence 2015-16 Rawi Hage 2009-10 Michael Redhill 2008-09 Christopher Dewdney 2007-08 David Gilmour 2006-07 Don McKay 2005-06 Camilla Gibb 2004-05 George Fetherling 2003-04 Steven Heighton 2002-03 Albert F. Moritz 2001-02 Kildare Dobbs 2000-01 Austin Clarke 1999-00 Erin Mouré 1998-99 Sarah Ellis 1997-98 Roo Borson 1996-97 Jane Urquhart 1995-96 Tom Wayman 1994-95 Susan Musgrave 1993-94 Tomson Highway Spring 1993 Audrey Thomas 1991-92 Judith Merril 1990-91 Patrick Lane 1989-90 Lorna Crozier 1988-89 Erika Ritter 1987-88 Al Purdy 1986-87 Gwendolyn MacEwen 1985-86 Mary di Michele 1984-85 Leon Rooke 1983-84 Mavis Gallant Spring 1983 Dorothy Livesay Fall 1982 Brian Moore 1981-82 Irving Layton 1980-81 Marian Engel 1979-80 Timothy Findley 1978-79 Dennis Lee 1977-78 Carol Bolt 1976-77 John Newlove 1975-76 Adele Wiseman 1974-75 Fletcher Markle 1973-74 W.O. Mitchell 1972-73 Margaret Atwood Spring 1971 Josef Škvorecký Fall 1970 R.D.C. Finch 1969-70 Margaret Laurence 1968-69 Jack Ludwig 1965-68 Earle Birney |
The Writer-In-Residence Non-Credit Creative Writing Seminar
Rawi will be conducting a non-credit creative writing seminar on fiction in the Winter term on Wednesdays, 6-8 pm at Massey College. The course is by application and can accommodate no more than 15 students. The seminar is open to everyone who is currently part of the U of T community --faculty, students, and staff.
For those interested in taking this seminar, please submit to Prof. Smaro Kamboureli by email at smaro.kamboureli@utoronto.ca a two-page sample of fiction in either a MS word document or a PDF with a return utoronto.ca email address. No cover letter is necessary. Please name the document using the following format: Applicant last name_Jack-McClelland_writing-sample (for example, Smith _Jack-McClelland_writing-sample). In addition, please include in the subject line of your email the following text: "Jack McClelland Writer in Residence Seminar."
The deadline for submission is Monday, November 9, 2015
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John Gordon "Jack" McClelland (1922 - 2004) |
Each year the University of Toronto appoints a Canadian writer to work with students, faculty and staff interested in creative writing. (The appointment process is internal; no external applications are considered.) From January to April, the Writer-in-Residence offers a seminar on creative writing and holds office hours for consultations on writing. The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence Program is housed at Massey College and is jointly sponsored by Massey and the Department of English.
