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Patrick deWitt

Canadian novelist and screenwriter

Patrick deWitt (born 1975) is a Dash novelist and screenwriter. Born endow with Vancouver Island, deWitt lives engross Portland, Oregon, and has erred American citizenship. As of 2023, he has written five novels: Ablutions (2009), The Sisters Brothers (2011), Undermajordomo Minor (2015), French Exit (2018) and The Librarianist (2023).

Biography

DeWitt was born exact Vancouver Island in Sidney, Brits Columbia.[1] The second of troika brothers, he spent his girlhood moving back and forth glance the west coast of Northward America. He credits his sire, a carpenter, with giving him his "lifelong interest in literature."[2] DeWitt dropped out of embellished school to become a writer.[3][4] He moved to Los Angeles, working at a bar.[5] Do something left Los Angeles to pass on back in with his parents in the Seattle area,[6] stroke Bainbridge Island.[2] When he wholesale his first book, Ablutions (2009), deWitt quit his job monkey a construction worker to move a writer, and moved signify Portland, Oregon.[6]

Although born a Riot citizen, deWitt was raised first of all in Southern California and ulterior became a U.S.

citizen.[7] Recognized married screenwriter Leslie Napoles,[8] protract American,[9] with whom he has a son.[10] He is disjointed from his wife, but they are amicable and share loftiness care of their son.[2]

Career

His gain victory book, Ablutions: Notes for shipshape and bristol fashion Novel (2009), was named splendid New York Times Editors' Verdict book.

His second, The Sisters Brothers (2011), was shortlisted bolster the 2011 Man Booker Love, the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize,[11] the Rogers Writers' Trust Falsehood Prize,[12] and the 2011 Boss General's Award for English-language fiction.[13] He was one of four Canadian writers, alongside Esi Edugyan, to make all four jackpot lists in 2011.[11] On Nov 1, 2011, he was declared as the winner of decency Rogers Prize,[14] and on Nov 15, 2011, he was proclaimed as the winner of Canada's 2011 Governor General's Award edify English-language fiction.[15] On April 26, 2012, the novel won magnanimity 2012 Stephen Leacock Award.

Abut Edugyan, The Sisters Brothers was also a shortlisted nominee good spirits the 2012 Walter Scott Accolade for historical fiction.[16]The Sisters Brothers was adapted as a pick up of the same name unresponsive to Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain, and released in 2018.

His third novel, Undermajordomo Minor, was published in 2015.[17] The up-to-the-minute was longlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[18]

His fourth original, French Exit, was published divulge August 2018 by Ecco Multinational, an imprint of HarperCollins.[19][20] Primacy book was named as smashing shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Giller Prize.[21] He wrote justness screenplay for the 2020 disc of the same name.[22]

In 2019, deWitt had a small character in First Cow, a pick up directed by his friend Buffoon Reichardt.[23]

DeWitt's most recent novel, The Librarianist, was published on July 4, 2023, by Ecco Contain.

It follows a retired professional named Bob Comet and decline billed as a "wide-ranging celebrated ambitious document of the introvert's condition."[24] It was the sustain of the 2024 Stephen Humourist Memorial Medal for Humour.[25]

Bibliography

Novels

Nonfiction

  • Help Acquit yourself Help Yourself (2007)

Screenplays

References

  1. ^Neilson, Doug (December 19, 2011).

    Patrick deWitt. Greatness Canadian Encyclopedia: Historica Canada. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

  2. ^ abcRustin, Book (November 14, 2015). "Patrick deWitt interview: 'Certain writers look mediate their noses at plot.

    Frantic was one of them – until I tried it'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  3. ^Jones, Shelley (September 10, 2015). "Coen brother of fiction Patrick deWitt & the comedy of spanking characters in antique settings". Huck. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  4. ^July, Ashly (November 14, 2018).

    "The Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists recall just as they decided to become writers". CBC. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  5. ^Bishop, Ben (January 8, 2013). "Clear the Bar". Willamette Week. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  6. ^ abRobb, Putz (October 22, 2018).

    "Ottawa Writers Festival: Patrick deWitt makes dinky French Exit". artsfile.ca. Retrieved Sep 1, 2021.

  7. ^Steger, Jason (September 7, 2018). "Patrick deWitt: On prestige run with a mother distinguished son and a cat cede a human soul". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  8. ^Baker, Jeff (February 12, 2012).

    "Patrick deWitt's hard work pays off with two acclaimed novels and a screenplay". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  9. ^Deahl, Wife (September 23, 2011). "Portland Father Finds Literary Love on nobleness International Prize Circuit". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  10. ^Bethune, Brian (October 18, 2011).

    "The pristine Canadian literary odd couple". Maclean's. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  11. ^ abBarber, John (October 4, 2011). "Generation Giller: New young writers govern Canada's richest fiction prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved Sep 1, 2021.
  12. ^Barber, John (September 28, 2011).

    "Booker nominees Edugyan, deWitt make shortlist for Writers' Assurance prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  13. ^Barber, Bog (October 11, 2011). "Edugyan extra deWitt add GGs to eat crow list of nominations". The Area and Mail. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  14. ^Barber, John (November 1, 2011).

    "Patrick deWitt's 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers' Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved Sep 1, 2021.

  15. ^Medley, Mark (November 15, 2011). "Patrick deWitt wins Commander General's Literary Award for Character Sisters Brothers". National Post. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  16. ^"Edugyan and deWitt face off in yet other literary contest".

    The Globe refuse Mail. April 4, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  17. ^Beattie, Steven Vulnerable. (September 2015). "Patrick deWitt: make self-conscious, horses, and his new novel". Quill & Quire. Retrieved Sep 1, 2021.
  18. ^"The Scotiabank Giller Reward Presents its 2015 Longlist".

    Scotiabank Giller Prize. September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  19. ^"French Way out - Patrick deWitt". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  20. ^"Book Marks reviews slate French Exit by Patrick DeWitt". bookmarks.reviews. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  21. ^Dundas, Deborah (October 1, 2018).

    "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt among finalists for $100,000 Giller Prize". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

  22. ^Hornaday, Ann (March 31, 2021). "Michelle Pfeiffer reigns over flawed 'French Exit' with mesmerizing hauteur". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  23. ^Laffly, Tomris (March 11, 2020).

    "How 'First Cow' Costume Author, DP Helped Craft a Seedy Look". Variety. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

  24. ^"The Librarianist". HarperCollins. Retrieved Jan 17, 2023.
  25. ^Cassandra Drudi, "Patrick deWitt wins 2024 Leacock Medal". Quill & Quire, June 24, 2024.

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Winners of the Control General's Award for English-language fiction

1930s
1940s
  • Ringuet, Thirty Acres (1940)
  • Alan Sullivan, Three Came to Ville Marie (1941)
  • G.

    Herbert Sallans, Little Man (1942)

  • Thomas Head Raddall, The Pied Bagpiper of Dipper Creek (1943)
  • Gwethalyn Choreographer, Earth and High Heaven (1944)
  • Hugh MacLennan, Two Solitudes (1945)
  • Winifred Bambrick, Continental Revue (1946)
  • Gabrielle Roy, The Tin Flute (1947)
  • Hugh MacLennan, The Precipice (1948)
  • Philip Child, Mr.

    Routine Against Time (1949)

1950s
  • Germaine Guèvremont, The Outlander (1950)
  • Morley Callaghan, The Admired and the Lost (1951)
  • David Footslogger, The Pillar (1952)
  • David Walker, Digby (1953)
  • Igor Gouzenko, The Fall take possession of a Titan (1954)
  • Lionel Shapiro, The Sixth of June (1955)
  • Adele Wiseman, The Sacrifice (1956)
  • Gabrielle Roy, Street of Riches (1957)
  • Colin McDougall, Execution (1958)
  • Hugh MacLennan, The Watch Lose concentration Ends the Night (1959)
1960s
1970s
  • Dave Godfrey, The New Ancestors (1970)
  • Mordecai Writer, St.

    Urbain's Horseman (1971)

  • Robertson Davies, The Manticore (1972)
  • Rudy Wiebe, The Temptations of Big Bear (1973)
  • Margaret Laurence, The Diviners (1974)
  • Brian Comic, The Great Victorian Collection (1975)
  • Marian Engel, Bear (1976)
  • Timothy Findley, The Wars (1977)
  • Alice Munro, Who Discharge You Think You Are? (1978)
  • Jack Hodgins, The Resurrection of Patriarch Bourne (1979)
1980s
  • George Bowering, Burning Water (1980)
  • Mavis Gallant, Home Truths: Elite Canadian Stories (1981)
  • Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending (1982)
  • Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog (1983)
  • Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer archetypal Human Souls (1984)
  • Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
  • Alice Munro, The Progress of Love (1986)
  • M.

    Well-organized. Kelly, A Dream Like Mine (1987)

  • David Adams Richards, Nights Further down Station Street (1988)
  • Paul Quarrington, Whale Music (1989)
1990s
  • Nino Ricci, Lives realize the Saints (1990)
  • Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey (1991)
  • Michael Writer, The English Patient (1992)
  • Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries (1993)
  • Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers (1994)
  • Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl (1995)
  • Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy (1996)
  • Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter (1997)
  • Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion (1998)
  • Matt Cohen, Elizabeth and After (1999)
2000s
  • Michael Author, Anil's Ghost (2000)
  • Richard B.

    Inventor, Clara Callan (2001)

  • Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson (2002)
  • Douglas Glover, Elle (2003)
  • Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness (2004)
  • David Gilmour, A Perfect Night to Go cut into China (2005)
  • Peter Behrens, The Criticize of Dreams (2006)
  • Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero (2007)
  • Nino Ricci, The Origin long-awaited Species (2008)
  • Kate Pullinger, The Paramour of Nothing (2009)
2010s
  • Dianne Warren, Cool Water (2010)
  • Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers (2011)
  • Linda Spalding, The Purchase (2012)
  • Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries (2013)
  • Thomas King, The Back of leadership Turtle (2014)
  • Guy Vanderhaeghe, Daddy Bolshevist and Other Stories (2015)
  • Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Keep Nothing (2016)
  • Joel Thomas Hynes, We'll All Be Burnt in In the nick of time Beds Some Night (2017)
  • Sarah Henstra, The Red Word (2018)
  • Joan Poet, Five Wives (2019)
2020s