Patrick deWitt

Patrick deWitt (* 1975 on Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian novelist.

Life

De Witt lived in California for a while before moving to Portland , Oregon , where he still lives today. His novel The Sisters Brothers was filmed by Jacques Audiard and premiered in the competition at the Venice Film Festival 2018 .

2009: New York Times Editors' Choice Book for “Ablutions”.
2011: Shortlist for the Booker Prize for The Sisters Brothers .
2011: Shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize for The Sisters Brothers .
2011: Winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for The Sisters Brothers .
2011: Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction for The Sisters Brothers .
2012: Winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor for The Sisters Brothers .
2012: Shortlist for the British Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for The Sisters Brothers .

2009: Ablutions, Notes for a Novel . Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, ISBN 978-0-151014989 .
2011: The Sisters Brothers . ECCO, New York City, USA, ISBN 978-0-062-04126-5 .
- 2012: The Sisters Brothers . Übers. Marcus Ingendaay , Manhattan Verlag, Munich, ISBN 978-3-442-54700-5 .
2015: Undermajordomo Minor . ECCO, New York City 2015, USA, ISBN 978-0-062-28120-3 .
- 2016: the servant, the lady, the village and the thieves. Translated by Jörn Ingwersen , Manhattan Verlag, Munich, ISBN 978-3-442-54774-6 .
2018 French Exit . ECCO, New York City, USA, ISBN 978-0062846921 .
- 2019: Last rescue: Paris. Translated by Andreas Reimann, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-462-05233-6 .

personal data
SURNAME	deWitt, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian author
DATE OF BIRTH	1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada