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Steve Heighton

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Born in 1961 and raised in Toronto, Steven Heighton attended Queen’s University where he earned both his B.A. and his M.A. (1986) in English Literature.

A novelist, poet, and short-story writer, Heighton moves through different topics and settings in his literature as seamlessly as he moves through these different genres. He has been compared to fellow Canadian author Michael Ondaatje for his ability to convincingly and gracefully write in times and nations outside of his own.

Heighton has worked as a writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto, Concordia University, and the University of Ottawa. He has also worked as an editor for a literary magazine.

Bibliography
Stalin’s Carnival (1989)
Foreign Ghosts (1990)
Flight Paths of the Emperor (1992)
On earth as it is (1992)
The Ecstasy of Skeptics (1994)
The Admen Move on Lhasa: Writing & Culture in a Virtual World (1997)
The Shadow Boxer (2002)
The Address Book (2004)
Afterlands (2005)
Paper Lanterns: 25 Postcards from Asia (2006)
The Stages of J Gordon Whitehead (2008)

Awards
Air Canada Award “most promising writer under thirty” (1989)
Gerald Lampert Award (1990) - for Stalin’s Carnival
PRISM international short story competition, first prize (1991)
Stand (U.K.) short story competition, prize-winner (1991)
National Magazine Awards gold medal for fiction, (1992 and 2008)
Petra Kenney Prize U.K., for winning poem (2002)
Award for Excellence in the Arts - Kingston Arts Council (2004)
National Magazine Awards Gold medal for Poetry (2004)
The Journey Prize, Finalist (1992)
Trillium Award, finalist - for Flight Paths of the Emperor (1993)
National Magazine Awards, finalist for fiction (1994 and 1995)
Governor General’s Award for Poetry, finalist - for The Ecstasy of Skeptics (1995)
Pushcart Prize, nominated by The Laurel Review (1995)
W.H. Smith Award (U.K.: for “best book of the year”), nominated - for Flight Paths of the Emperor (1998)
McEwan College Book of the Year, finalist - for Afterlands (2006)
Evergreen Award, finalist - for Afterlands (2008)

Submitted by prathna on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 16:42.

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Steve Heighton - Part 1

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Born in 1961 and raised in Toronto, Steven Heighton attended Queen’s University where he earned both his BA and his MA in English Literature in 1986.
A novelist, poet, and short-story writer, Heighton moves through different topics and settings in his literature as seamlessly as he moves through these different genres. He has been compared to fellow Canadian author Michael Ondaatje for his ability to convincingly and gracefully write in times and nations outside of his own.

Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 21:05.

Steve Heighton - Part 2

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Born in 1961 and raised in Toronto, Steven Heighton attended Queen’s University where he earned both his BA and his MA in English Literature in 1986.
A novelist, poet, and short-story writer, Heighton moves through different topics and settings in his literature as seamlessly as he moves through these different genres. He has been compared to fellow Canadian author Michael Ondaatje for his ability to convincingly and gracefully write in times and nations outside of his own.

Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 21:06.

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