Kenneth J. Harvey | |
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Born | January 22, 1962 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | writer, filmmaker |
Known for | The Town That Forgot How to Breathe, Blackstrap Hawco, Inside, Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt |
Awards | Thomas Head Raddall Award, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Winterset Award |
Kenneth Joseph Thomas Harvey (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. [1]
Harvey's debut short story collection, Directions for an Opened Body, was published in 1990. [2] He followed up in 1992 with his first novel, Brud, [3] which was a shortlisted finalist for the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1993. [4]
His 2003 novel The Town That Forgot How to Breathe was his first book to be republished in the United States, [5] and was the winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award in 2004. [6] In 2006, his novel Inside won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize [7] and the Winterset Award, [8] and was longlisted for the 2006 Giller Prize. [9]
His 2008 novel Blackstrap Hawco was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2008. [10]
As a filmmaker Harvey is most noted for his 2018 documentary film Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt, [11] a profile of artist Christopher Pratt which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, [12] and won the award for Best Canadian Film at the 2019 International Festival of Films on Art. [13]
In 2000, with his wife Janet, Harvey founded the ReLit Awards, an annual award for independent Canadian literature. [14] Management of the ReLits was taken over in 2021 by his daughter, Katherine Alexandra Harvey. [15]
Kenneth J. Harvey | |
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Born | January 22, 1962 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | writer, filmmaker |
Known for | The Town That Forgot How to Breathe, Blackstrap Hawco, Inside, Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt |
Awards | Thomas Head Raddall Award, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Winterset Award |
Kenneth Joseph Thomas Harvey (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. [1]
Harvey's debut short story collection, Directions for an Opened Body, was published in 1990. [2] He followed up in 1992 with his first novel, Brud, [3] which was a shortlisted finalist for the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1993. [4]
His 2003 novel The Town That Forgot How to Breathe was his first book to be republished in the United States, [5] and was the winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award in 2004. [6] In 2006, his novel Inside won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize [7] and the Winterset Award, [8] and was longlisted for the 2006 Giller Prize. [9]
His 2008 novel Blackstrap Hawco was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2008. [10]
As a filmmaker Harvey is most noted for his 2018 documentary film Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt, [11] a profile of artist Christopher Pratt which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, [12] and won the award for Best Canadian Film at the 2019 International Festival of Films on Art. [13]
In 2000, with his wife Janet, Harvey founded the ReLit Awards, an annual award for independent Canadian literature. [14] Management of the ReLits was taken over in 2021 by his daughter, Katherine Alexandra Harvey. [15]