Alissa York

AlissaYork

Alissa York (* 1970 in Athabaska , Alberta ) is a Canadian writer.

Life

Alissa York studied English literature at McGill University in Toronto . She published short stories and novels . York's first novel Mercy was published in 2003. The novel Effigy was on the short list of the Scotiabank Giller Prize . She has received several awards, including the Journey Prize, the Bronwen Wallace Award, and the John Hirsch Award. Her works have been translated into French and Dutch. Your short story Clues ( notes ) was 2010 in German translation in the literary magazine Word Mosaic. Journal of literature and art published.

Alissa York lives in Toronto.

Awards

1999: The Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award
The Mary Scorer Award
1999: Journey Prize , for The Back of the Bear's Mouth
2000: The John Hirsch Award

Works

Short stories

Any given power . Workers Ring Publ., Winnipeg 1999, ISBN 1-89403-709-X .

Novels

Mercy . Delphinium Bookss, Harrison, NY 2003, ISBN 1-883285-25-9 .
Effigy . Random House, Montreal 2007, ISBN 978-0-679-31472-1 .
Fauna . Random House, Toronto 2010, ISBN 978-0-307-35789-2 .
The Naturalist , 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Issue 1, ISSN 2190-4332
↑ Named after the Canadian writer Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989).
↑ Named after the Canadian publisher Mary Scorer (1911–1988).
↑ Named after the Canadian director John Hirsch (1930–1989).
↑ Contents: Sad bastards / Those who trespass / Stitches / Clues / Thank Christ it was winter / Redbreast / Worst in the back field / The hunter / Evolution / A real present / No stone on the grave / The back of the bear's mouth / Baptiste.

Web links

Homepage of Alissa York
The Journey Prize
The John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer 2000 (English) ( Memento from November 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Scotiabank Giller Prize (English) ( Memento of 28 January 2010 at the Internet Archive )
Alissa York in Randome House Canada (English) ( Memento from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	York, Alissa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Athabaska , Alberta

[1] Issue 1, ISSN 2190-4332

[2] Named after the Canadian writer Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989).

[3] Named after the Canadian publisher Mary Scorer (1911–1988).

[4] Named after the Canadian director John Hirsch (1930–1989).

[5] Contents: Sad bastards / Those who trespass / Stitches / Clues / Thank Christ it was winter / Redbreast / Worst in the back field / The hunter / Evolution / A real present / No stone on the grave / The back of the bear's mouth / Baptiste.