Michael V. Smith. Courtesy Ottawa Writers' Festival.
| Michael V. Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cornwall, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | writer] |
| Nationality |
 Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable work(s) | Cumberland, Progress |
Michael V. Smith is a Canadian poet, novelist, and filmmaker.
Life[]
Smith was born in Cornwall, Ontario.[1]
He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (UBC) creative writing program.
Smith lives in Vancouver, British Columbia,[2] where he is an associate professor of creative writing at UBC.[3]
He is openly gay.[2]
He makes short videos, which have played around the world in cities such as Milan, Dublin, Turin, London, New York, Toronto, Paris, Geneva, Buenos Aires, SF, LA and Bombay.[3]
He served on the jury of the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize (awarded by the Writers' Trust of Canada to emerging LGBT writers), selecting Amber Dawn as that year's winner.
Writing[]
As a writer, Michael V. Smith works with small town stories, examining issues of class, identity, community and belonging.[3]
Working interdisciplinarily, he’s published a hybrid book of concrete poems (which are photographs) titled Body of Text, created with David Ellingsen.[3]
Recognition[]
His debut novel, Cumberland, was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2002. He has also been a nominee for the Journey Prize, and was the inaugural winner of the Dayne Ogilvie Grant,[2]
Several of his short films have garnered awards from the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- What You Can't Have. Winnipeg, MB: Signature Editions, 2006.
- Body of Text (with David Ellingsen). Toronto: BookThug, 2008.
Novels[]
- Cumberland. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2002. ISBN 1-896951-36-8
- Progress: A novel. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2011. ISBN 1770860002
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Community Hero of the Year: Three introductions to Michael V Smith. Xtra! West, May 23, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Vancouver's Smith wins new prize for gay writers", CBC.ca, 2007-06-14
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Michael V. Smith, Faculty of Creative & Critical Studies, University of British Columbia. Web, May 3, 2019.
- ↑ Search results = au:Michael V. Smith, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. June 9, 2013.
External links[]
- Audio / video
- Michael V. Smith reading at Zeke's Gallery
- Micheal V. Smith - Robson Reading Series at IKBLC presents Progress
- Books
- Michael V. Smith at Amazon.com
- About
- Michael V. Smith at the University of British Columbia
- Community Hero of the Year: Three introductions to Michael V. Smith, Daily Xtra
- Michael V. Smith Official website.
- Michael V. Smith: Novelist, interview at The Rusty Toque, 2012
- My Body is Yours: In conversation with Michael V. Smith, 2015
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