Janice Kulyk Keefer
Janice Kulyk Keefer | |
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| Born | Janice Kulyk 2 June 1952 Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Toronto (BA) University of Sussex (MPhil, D.Phil) |
| Notable awards | Marian Engel Award Kobzar Literary Award |
Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants.
Biography
[edit]She was born as Janice Kulyk on 2 June 1952 in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She studied English literature at the University of Toronto, graduating with a BA.[1] She then studied at the University of Sussex, where she received an MPhil and D.Phil.[1] Following this, Keefer became an assistant professor of English studies at Université Sainte-Anne in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.[1] She is a specialist in Modernist literature.[1] In her literary work on Ukrainian-Canadian identity, she "rejects simplified notions of multiculturalism"[1] in preference to a Ukrainian transnational identity.[1] As of 2013[update], she is a professor of literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.[1]
Her sister is the Canadian artist, Karen Kulyk and her son is the Decouple Podcast host Dr. Chris Keefer.
Awards and honours
[edit]- 1987 Governor General's Awards, nominated, Under Eastern Eyes
- 1988 Books in Canada First Novel Award, nominated, Constellations
- 1996 Governor General's Awards, nominated, The Green Library
- 1999 Marian Engel Award, lifetime achievement
- 2006 Greifswald Canadian Studies Fellow in Residence, University of Greifswald, Germany
- 2008 Kobzar Literary Award, The Ladies Lending Library
Bibliography
[edit]- White of the Lesser Angels (1986)
- The Paris-Napoli Express (1986)
- Transfigurations (1987)
- Under Eastern Eyes: A Critical Reading of Maritime Fiction
- Constellations
- Reading Mavis Gallant (1989)
- Travelling Ladies (1992)
- Rest Harrow (1992)
- The Green Library
- Marrying the Sea (1998)
- Kyiv, of Two Lands: New Visions (1998, anthology co-edited with Solemea Pavlychko)
- Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family (1998)
- The Waste Zone (2002)
- Thieves (2004)
- The Ladies' Lending Library (2007)
- Foreign Relations (2010)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Ledohowski, Lindy (28 February 2012). "Janice Kulyk Keefer". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Babiak, Peter Roman (2003). "Toronto, Capital of Ukraine: The Ends of Desire and the Beginning of History in Janice Kulyk Keefer's The Green Library". English Studies in Canada. 29 (1–2). Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English: 97–130. doi:10.1353/esc.2003.0010. S2CID 141826428.
- Bigot, Corinne (2018). "Haunting Books and Stories in Janice Kulyk Keefer's Postethnic Family Memoir Honey and Ashes". In Baisnée-Keay, Valerie; Bigot, Corinne; Alexoae-Zagni, Nicoleta; Bazin, Claire (eds.). Women's Life Writing and the Practice of Reading. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-75246-4.
- Howells, Coral Ann Howells (1992). "Janice Kulyk Keefer's Travelling Ladies (for Simone Vauthier)". British Journal of Canadian Studies. 7 (2). Liverpool University Press: 415–425.
- Latham, Monica (2014). "Thieving Facts and Reconstructing Katherine Mansfield's Life in Janice Kulyk Keefer's 'Thieves'". European Journal of Life Writing. 3. International Auto/biography Association: 103–120. doi:10.5463/ejlw.3.83.
- Nicholson, Colin (1992). "Grain of the actual: Janice Kulyk Keefer and her writing". British Journal of Canadian Studies. 7 (2). Liverpool University Press: 397–414.
- Saidero, Deborah, ed. (2010). Janice Kulyk Keefer: Essays on Her Works. Essential Writers Series. Guernica Editions. ISBN 978-1-55071-310-7.
- Tuchynska, Nataliya (2002). From ethnic towards transnational: The green library by Janice Kulyk Keefer (Thesis). Lakehead University.
External links
[edit]- Interview, online from CBC Words at Large
- Janice Kulyk Keeper at writerscafe.ca Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- The author at English-Canadian Writers, Athabasca University, by Deborah Saidero, University of Udine, 2016
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