Lee Henderson
Lee Henderson (* 1974 in Saskatoon ) is a Canadian writer and journalist who won both the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award in 2009 for his book The Man Game .
Life
Lee Henderson grew up in his birthplace and in Calgary . Until 1999 he studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia . Since 1994 he has lived in Strathcona, Vancouver , where he lives in close proximity to many musicians and artists. His short stories appeared in various anthologies and his journalistic work published the The Vancouver Sun . The short story Sheep Dub was part of the Journey Prize Anthology 2000 and Conjugation appeared in the Journey Prize Anthology in 2006. The latter short story was also shortlisted for the Journey Prize .
In 2002 he published his first collection of short stories, The Broken Record Technique that in 2003 with the Danuta Gleed Literary Award was awarded, a price of the best English-language collection of short stories will be awarded a Canadian writer and the memory of Danuta Gleeds honors. Since then, Lee Henderson has been considered one of the greatest talents on the Canadian literary scene.
Henderson's first novel, The Man Game (2009), was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and won both the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award in its year of publication. Henderson worked on the historical novel , which deliberately plays with the clichés of the genre, for eight years with ten different final versions. He cites Samuel Beckett , Cormac McCarthy , David Foster Wallace ( Infinite Fun ), Robert Kroetsch ( The Studhorse Man ) and Ben Marcus ( The Age of Wire and String ) as his sources of inspiration for this novel .
Lee Henderson also works as an editor and co-editor for the art magazines Border Crossings and Contemporary , for which he writes articles about the art and artists of the greater Vancouver area. In addition, he draws, although he was planning to create animations in the meantime, acts as a curator of art exhibitions and improvises music concerts.
Lee Henderson lives in Vancouver with his wife Anu and teaches creative writing at the Banff Writing Studio.
plant
- The Broken Record Technique. Penguin Canada 2002, ISBN 0-14-100568-8 .
- The Man Game . Penguin Canada 2008, ISBN 978-0-670-91147-9 .
Awards and nominations
- 2003: Danuta Gleed Literary Award for 2002 for The Broken Record Technique
- 2006: Shortlist of the Journey Prize for Conjugation
- 2009: City of Vancouver Book Award for The Man Game
- 2009: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for The Man Game
- 2009: Shortlisted the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for The Man Game
Web links
- Lee Henderson's homepage of the author
- Greg Buium, CBC News: Fight club. Vancouver's Lee Henderson wrestles with history in his new novel The Man Game . In: CBC News. September 2, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- Writer to watch: Lee Henderson
- Interview with Ramon Kubicek, October 6, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report by Mark Medley, in English
- ↑ Interview, in English ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2012 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.
- ↑ Shaun Smith: Review: The Broken Record Technique by Lee Henderson. In: Quill & Quire . April 2002. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ Stuart Woods: Review: The Man Game by Lee Henderson. In: Quill & Quire, July 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2012: "But as pure spectacle, The Man Game is as brilliant and twisted as a funhouse mirror, and Henderson is a wildly seductive ringmaster."
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henderson, Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saskatoon , Canada |