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Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer (born February 6, 1965) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.

Early life

Kuitenbrouwer was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and later moved to Toronto.

Career

Her debut short story collection, Way Up, was published in 2003. It was a shortlisted finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the ReLit Award for short fiction in 2004. Her first novel, The Nettle Spinner, was published in 2005, and was a shortlisted nominee for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Her second novel, Perfecting, followed in 2009. Her most recent novel, All the Broken Things, was published in 2014 by Random House of Canada. It was a shortlisted finalist for the Toronto Book Award, long listed for Canada Reads in 2016, and was a national bestseller.

Kuitenbrouwer has also been a book reviewer for The Globe and Mail and the National Post, and has published short fiction in Granta, The Walrus, Numéro Cinq, Significant Objects, Maclean's Magazine, and Storyville.

In 2018, Kuitenbrouwer received a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Toronto, where she was supervised by Mari Ruti. Her Ph.D. thesis is a psychoanalytic investigation into creativity, with special attention to the British novel in the eighteenth century.

In 2023 she published the novel Wait Softly Brother, which was longlisted for the Giller Prize.

References

1. Kuitenbrouwer, Kathryn. "On Granta Magazine, Submission, and Persistence". Retrieved 2 May 2019.
2. "A voice that sneaks on up; Toronto's Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer is a pleasant surprise: Debut story collection entertaining, even a bit enlightening". Toronto Star, March 28, 2004.
3. ^ "Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer's All the Broken Things haunted by the traumas of war". The Georgia Straight, February 26, 2014.
4. "Canadian First Novel Award announces shortlist". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2006.
5. "Ambitious story told from seven points of view". Winnipeg Free Press, April 26, 2009.
6. "So much depends upon an Orange Blossom; A young boy must care for his disfigured sister and a carnival bear cub in Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer's look into the meaning of family". National Post, January 18, 2014.
7. "Emily St. John Mandel wins 2015 Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star, October 15, 2015.
8. "Stretching the Space of Realism: An Interview with Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer". The Puritan, Issue 26 (Summer 2014).
9. Robert J. Wiersema, "Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer makes hay of the secrets and lies of the past in new novel ‘Wait Softly Brother’". Toronto Star, May 9, 2023.
10. "12 Canadian books make longlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 6, 2023.

External links

• Official website

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