Danuta Gleed (1946 – 11 December 1996) was a Kenyan-born Canadian writer.
6-590: The Danuta Gleed Literary Award is a Canadian national literary prize, awarded since 1998. It recognizes the best debut short fiction collection by a Canadian author in English language. The annual prize was founded by John Gleed in honour of his late wife, the Canadian writer Danuta Gleed , whose favourite literary genre was short fiction, and is presented by the Writers' Union of Canada . The incomes of her One for
12-402: A debut work. Only two books were shortlisted in 2010 (the fewest in the history of the award). However, the 2010 judges called the winning work Wax Boats by Sarah Roberts "truly remarkable," speaking of her versatility and her convincing writing in every conceivable voice, and likening her to Stephen Leacock 's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town for the modern age. Danuta Gleed She
18-508: Is composed of Canadian writers, literary critics and publishers, such as Gail Anderson-Dargatz , Robin McGrath and Hal Niedzviecki in 2012 or Douglas Glover , J. Jill Robinson and Claire Holden Rothman in 2011. The first winning work was Curtis Gillespie's The Progress of an Object in Motion . In 2010, Joey Comeau 's Overqualified was withdrawn, as the writer already published
24-454: The Chosen , a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1997 by BuschekBooks and released by Frances Itani and Susan Zettell, assist in funding the award. Initially Can$ 5,000, the prize money increased to Can$ 10,000 in 2004. The runners-up each receive CAN $ 500. The nominations must be submitted before the end of January. The year's shortlist is chosen by a jury. The varying jury
30-561: Was born in Kenya in a British camp for displaced persons where she spent her early childhood. In 1958, her family moved to England . At the time of her death, she was living in Ottawa, Ontario , Canada. She studied writing with Frances Itani , Audrey Thomas , Bryan Moon, and Rita Donovan. Many of her stories drew on her Polish background. Her short stories appeared in many literary journals and won several competitions. Her story "Bones"
36-502: Was nominated for the 1996 Journey Prize . Gleed died 11 December 1996. A collection, One of the Chosen, was published posthumously by BuschekBooks in 1997. In the same year, John Gleed endowed the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in honour of his late wife. The annual award recognizes a first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author writing in English. This article about a Canadian writer or poet
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