Philip Kreiner
Philip Kreiner (born 1950 in Timmins, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian writer, whose short story collection People Like Us in a Place Like This was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards.[2]
Philip Kreiner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 Timmins, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1980s |
| Notable works | People Like Us in a Place Like This |
He published two further novels, Heartlands[3] and Contact Prints,[4] in the 1980s. All three works were drawn from Kreiner's own experience as a teacher who had worked in Cree communities in far Northern Ontario and in Jamaica.[5]
Works
- People Like Us in a Place Like This (1983, ISBN 978-0887504679)
- Heartlands (1984, ISBN 978-0887505577)
- Contact Prints (1987, ISBN 978-0770422486)
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References
- "A gritty tale of a teacher's turmoil among the Cree". The Globe and Mail, April 9, 1987.
- "Governor-General's Awards: 22 authors named finalists"]. The Globe and Mail, May 19, 1984.
- "Kreiner views Jamaica via indolent whites". Ottawa Citizen, January 12, 1985.
- Arnold E. Davidson, "Philip Kreiner's Contact Prints and the Problems of Colonial Representation" in Jean-Michel Lacroix, Image et récit. Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 1993. ISBN 978-2878540536. pp. 163-176.
- "A clash of races in the sub-tropics". The Globe and Mail, January 19, 1985.
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