Neil Smith (writer)
Neil Smith (* 1964 ) is a Canadian writer and translator.
His first collection of short stories Bang Crunch was published in German in 2009. The book received the McAslan First Book Prize at the Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Awards in 2007 , and a translation into French by Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné won the 2008 Translator's Prize the Quebec Writers Foundation (QWF). In 2015 his novel Boo was published .
Smith lives in Montreal , Province of Québec , with partner Christian Dorais.
Works
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Bang Crunch. Stories . Knopf, Toronto 2007, ISBN 978-0-676-97836-0
- Bang Crunch. Stories , translated by Gabriele Haefs . Verlag Schoeffling, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-89561-495-8
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Boo , Roman. Random House 2015, ISBN 9780099592389 (UK) / ISBN 9780804171366 (US)
- Life after Boo , translated by Brigitte Walitzek. Verlag Schoeffling, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-89561-496-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Neil Smith in the catalog of the German National Library
- Verlag zu Boo (Engl.)
- Neil Smith on his successful novel debut , interview with Franziska Altepost on buchmarkt.de, March 24, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Neil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |