Matt Cohen (Author)

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Matthew "Matt" Cohen ( December 30, 1942 in Montreal , Québec - December 2, 1999 in Toronto ) was a Canadian writer who also published under the pseudonym Teddy Jam .

Life

Cohen was born in Montreal in 1942 and grew up in Kingston , Ontario . He studied political economy at the University of Toronto and taught political philosophy and religion at McMaster University in Hamilton , Ontario in the late 1960s , before publishing his first novel with Korsoniloff in 1969, which included numerous other novels and short stories, including for children and adults Teenagers, followed. Cohen published his books for children and young people under the pseudonym Teddy Jam , which was only discovered posthumously . Cohen wrote his own texts in English, but also translated works by French-Canadian authors into English.

In 1973 Cohen was a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada , of which he was president in 1986, and was also involved in the Toronto Arts Council .

In 1999, a few weeks before his death, Cohen received the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the most prestigious Canadian literary prize, for his last novel, Elizabeth and After (Eng. The Letter ) .

Matt Cohen died of lung cancer in late 1999 in Toronto, Ontario . He left behind his wife Patsy Aldana and two children together. A younger brother of Cohen had also died of bronchial carcinoma in 1992; his death is in the background of his penultimate novel Last Seen (Eng. Last Encounter ) about the intense relationship between two brothers.

In honor of Cohen is the Writers' Trust of Canada of 25,000 annually since 2000 $ doped (as of 2019) Matt Cohen Prize awarded.

Awards (selection)

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Novels
  • Korsoniloff (1969)
  • Johnny Crackle Sings (1971)
  • The Disinherited (1974)
  • Wooden Hunters (1975)
  • The Colors of War (1977)
  • The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone (1979)
  • Flowers of Darkness (1981)
  • The Spanish Doctor (1984)
  • Nadine (1987)
  • Emotional Arithmetic (1990)
  • Freud: The Paris Notebooks (1991)
  • The Bookseller (1993; German 1997 as The Bookseller )
  • Last Seen (1997; German 2001 as last encounter )
  • Elizabeth and After (1999; German 2000 as The Letter )
Short stories
  • Columbus and the Fat Lady
  • Too Bad Galahad
  • Night flights
  • The Leaves of Louise
  • The expatriate
  • Café le Dog
  • Life on This Planet
  • Living on Water
  • Racial Memories
  • Lives of the Mind Slaves
  • Trotsky's First Confessions
  • Getting lucky
Poetry
  • Peach Melba
  • In Search of Leonardo
Autobiography
  • Typing: A Life in 26 Keys
Children's and young people's books (as Teddy Jam )
  • Night cars
  • Doctor Kiss Says Yes
  • The Year of Fire
  • The Charlotte Stories
  • Jacob's Best Sisters
  • The fishing summer
  • This new baby
  • The stoneboat
  • ttuM
  • The Kid Line

Works in German

  • Columbus and the giant lady. V. Elfie Schneidbach. Appeared in the anthology of the same title, UT Short Stories from Canada . Structure AtV, Berlin 1992, pp. 108–124
  • The bookseller. Novel. V. Berthold Radke. Goldmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-75003-2
  • The letter. Novel. V. Klaus Pemsel. Goldmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-72576-3
  • Last meeting. Novel. V. Leon Mengden. Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-72292-6

Film adaptations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matt Cohen in the Encyclopædia Britannica (Engl.)
  2. ^ Matt Cohen ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Author profile on whatheatherdidntpick (English; with photo)
  4. ↑ Details of the Matt Cohen Award (Engl.)
personal data
SURNAME Cohen, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cohen, Matthew (full name); Jam, teddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1999
Place of death Toronto