The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence
|
 The Department of English is pleased to announce that award-winning writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis will be the Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence for the 2014 Spring term. Bezmozgis's first book, Natasha and Other Stories, was published in 2004 in the US and Canada and has since been translated into fifteen languages. Natasha was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award, the LA Times First Book Award, and the Governor General’s Award. It won the Toronto Book Award and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for First Book. Bezmozgis’s first novel, The Free World, published in 2011 by HarperCollins, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2011 and a Globe and Mail Best Books Title for 2011. The Free World was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, and the Trillium Prize, and won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Critics have described Bezmozgis as a skilful storyteller, packing his brief tales with plot twists, quick revelations, and amusing characters. David Bezmozgis was born in Riga, Latvia, and came to Canada when he was six. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library. Bezmozgis’ first feature film, Victoria Day, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, he was named one of The New Yorker’s most promising fiction writers under the age of forty. He currently lives in Toronto. David will conduct a creative writing seminar for members for the University community and will meet with students in an office provided by Massey College, our generous partner in this important position. Details regarding the application process will be available in the fall. |
Jack McClelland Writers-in-Residence 2012-13 Joy Kogawa 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 |
Each year the University of Toronto appoints a Canadian writer to work with students, faculty and staff interested in creative writing. 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.
 |
|
John Gordon "Jack" McClelland (1922 - 2004) |
