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Steven Price
BornVictoria, British Columbia
Occupationpoet, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksThe Anatomy of Keys
SpouseEsi Edugyan

Steven Price (born in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 2000,[1] and from the University of Virginia with an MFA, in poetry.[2]

He teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Victoria.[3] He lives with his partner, novelist Esi Edugyan, in Victoria, British Columbia.[4]

Awards

Works

Poetry

  • "Images", Canadian Literature #179: Literature & War (Winter 2003)
  • The Anatomy of Keys (Brick Books, 2006), ISBN 9781894078511
  • Omens in the Year of the Ox (Brick Books, 2012), ISBN 9781926829760

Fiction

  • Into That Darkness (2011)
  • By Gaslight (2016)

Personal life

Price lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. Their first child was born in August 2011,[8] their second in 2014.[9]

References

  1. ^ http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/release.php?display=release&id=389
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.cura.uvic.ca/writing/faculty/price/[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Donna Bailey Nurse, "Writing the blues". Quill & Quire, July 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.poetsink.org/Lampert%20Memorial%20Awards.html
  6. ^ "And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...." Archived January 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Province, December 20, 2013.
  7. ^ Scotiabank Giller Prize "2016 Longlist". Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  8. ^ Marsha Lederman, "Esi Edugyan: A new baby, and an armful of literary-award nominations", The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011.
  9. ^ Adrian Chamberlain, "Victoria writer Steven Price scores international book deal", Times Colonist, November 13, 2014.