DW Wilson

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DW Wilson , actually David William Wilson (* 1985 in Cranbrook , British Columbia ), is a Canadian writer.

Life

Wilson grew up in various small towns in the Kootenays in British Colombia. The first stories appeared in literary magazines in England, USA and Canada. Today he lives in Cambridge , England.

Wilson studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia . His first novel , Ballistics , was first published in 2013 (German: Als alles began , dtv, Munich 2014)

Prizes and awards

  • 2011: BBC National Short Story Award for The Dead Roads from Once You Break a Knuckle
  • 2012: Shortlisted the Dylan Thomas Prize for Once You Break a Knuckle
  • First Literature Fellowship Man Booker Prize Fellowship from the University of East Anglia.

Works

  • Once You Break a Knuckle , Hamish Hamilton (Canada) 2011
    • German first edition: Do not touch the ground. Translated from the English by Eike Schönfeld. dtv, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-423-26110-4
  • Ballistics , Hamish Hamilton (Canada) 2013
    • German first edition: When it all began. Translated from the English by Eike Schönfeld. dtv, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-26056-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC National Short Story Award 2016 on BBC Radio 4 .
  2. ^ Dylan Thomas Prize: 'Thunderingly good' shortlist revealed . In: WalesOnline, 9 October 2012.
  3. ↑ The Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the University of East Anglia . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uea.ac.uk
  4. ^ Author page from DW Wilson at Curtis Brown.
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, DW
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, David William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Cranbrook, British Columbia