Mark Frutkin

Mark Frutkin (born January 2, 1948) is a Canadian poet and novelist. He has published three books of poetry and seven of fiction, as well as one work of non-fiction.

Life
Frutkin went to Canada in 1970 as a draft resister during the Vietnam War after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University in Chicago. In 1967-68 he studied at Loyola University in Rome, Italy. For ten years, 1970-80, he lived in a log cabin with no electricity or running water near Wolf Lake, Quebec. Since 1980, he has lived in Ottawa with his wife, Faith, and son, Elliot.

As a journalist and critic he has written articles and reviews for The Globe & Mail, Harper's, the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Amazon.com/ca, Ottawa Magazine and other publications. His poetry and fiction have been published in numerous Canadian and foreign journals including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Descant, and Prism International.

Recognition
In 1988, his novel, Atmospheres Apollinaire, was short-listed for a Governor General's Award and was also short-listed for the Trillium Award, as well as the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award.

In 2007, his novel, Fabrizio's Return, won the Trillium Prize for Best Book in Ontario and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, and was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean region).

Publications

 * Erratic North (non-fiction) - 2008
 * Fabrizio's Return (novel) – 2006 Winner of the 2006 Trillium Award for Best Book in Ontario; Winner of Sunburst Award; Finalist for Commonwealth Award (Canada/Caribbean region) Slow Lightning (novel) - 2001
 * The Lion Of Venice (novel) -1997
 * In The Time Of The Angry Queen (novel) -1993
 * Invading Tibet (novel) -1991
 * Atmospheres Apollinaire (novel) –1988, re-issued - 1998 (Finalist for Governor General's Award for Fiction in 1988; finalist for Trillium Award; finalist for Ottawa-Carleton Book Award)
 * The Growing Dawn (novel) -1988
 * Iron Mountain (poetry) - 2001
 * Acts Of Light (poetry) -1992
 * The Alchemy Of Clouds (poetry) - 1985