Janice Kulyk Keefer

Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet.

Born in Toronto, she studied literature at universities in England and France, and currently teaches literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph.

Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants. Her sister is the Canadian artist, Karen Kulyk.

Recognition
She was named winner of the Marian Engel Award for her body of work in 1999.

Awards

 * 1990: National Magazine Award, poetry, first prize.
 * 1991: Malahat Long Poem Prize, “Isle of Demons”.
 * 1994: National Magazine Award, poetry, first prize.
 * 1999: Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry, Marrying the Sea.
 * 2006, Greifswald Canadian Studies Fellow in Residence, University of Greifswald, Germany
 * 2008, Kobzar Literary Award (Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko)

Poetry

 * White of the Lesser Angels. Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1986.
 * Marrying the Sea. London, ON: Brick Books, 1998.

Prose

 * The Paris-Napoli Express (1986)
 * Transfigurations (1987)
 * Under Eastern Eyes: A Critical Reading of Maritime Fiction (1987, nominated for the 1987 Governor General's Awards)
 * Constellations (1988, nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award)
 * Reading Mavis Gallant (1989)
 * Travelling Ladies (1992)
 * Rest Harrow (1992)
 * The Green Library (1996, nominated for the 1996 Governor General's Awards)
 * Kyiv, of Two Lands: New Visions (1998, anthology co-edited with Solemea Pavlychko)
 * Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family (1998)
 * Thieves (2004) ISBN 0-00-200556-5

Fiction

 * The Paris-Napoli Express. Ottawa: Oberon, 1986.
 * Transfigurations. Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1987.
 * Constellations. Toronto: Random House, 1988.
 * Travelling Ladies. Toronto: Random House, 1990.
 * Rest Harrow. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1992.
 * Anna's Goat. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 2000.
 * Thieves: A Novel of Katherine Mansfield. Toronto: HarperFlamingo, 2004.

Nonfiction

 * Under Eastern Eyes: A Critical Reading of Maritime Fiction. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
 * Reading Mavis Gallant. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1989.
 * The Green Library. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1996.
 * Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family. Toronto: HarperFlamingo, 1998.

Edited

 * Two Lands, New Visions: Stories from Canada and Ukraine (edited by Janice Kulyk Keefer and Solomea Pavlychko). Regina: Coteau Books, 1998.
 * Precarious Present / Promising Future?: Ethnicity and Identities in Canadian Literature (edited by Janice Kulyk Keefer, Richard E. Sherwin and Danielle Schaub). Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1996.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy Brock University.