Giller Prize / en Alumna Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the Giller Prize /celebrates/alumna-souvankham-thammavongsa-wins-giller-prize <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Alumna Souvankham Thammavongsa&nbsp;wins the Giller Prize</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-11-27T14:03:11-05:00" title="Friday, November 27, 2020 - 14:03" class="datetime">Fri, 11/27/2020 - 14:03</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/giller-prize" hreflang="en">Giller Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/new-college" hreflang="en">New College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-english" hreflang="en">Department of English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Thammavongsa%2C%20S%202020_COLOUR_cr_%28c%29%20Sarah%20Bodri-small.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Souvankham Thammavongsa"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Sarah Bodri)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto alumna <strong>Souvankham Thammavongsa</strong>&nbsp;is the winner of<a href="https://scotiabankgillerprize.ca/"> the 2020&nbsp;Scotiabank Giller Prize</a> for her short story collection, <em>How to Pronounce Knife</em>.</p> <p>The book is on <em>Time</em> magazine’s list of 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 and was named one of the best books of spring 2020 by <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>Salon</em>, <em>the Millions</em> and <em>Vogue</em>. It’s the first short story collection for Thammavongsa, who earned her bachelor of arts from the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science&nbsp;in 2003 as a member of New College. She is also the author of four books of poetry: the 2013 Trillium Book Award for Poetry winner,<em> Ligh</em>t; <em>Found</em>; <em>Cluster</em>; and <em>Small Arguments</em>, the 2004 winner of the ReLit Award, which she wrote while an undergraduate student at U of T.</p> <p>In an interview with <em>Arts &amp; Science News</em>, Thammavongsa talked about what it was like to major in English literature at U of T.</p> <p>“I went to the best school in the country, and that made me so confident,” Thammavongsa said. “I wanted to be a writer and I thought, why don’t I just write?</p> <h3><a href="/news/why-don-t-i-just-write-souvankham-thammavongsa-winning-giller-and-her-time-u-t">Read the οNews story</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Arts &amp; Science</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:03:11 +0000 lanthierj 166650 at Alumnus Ian Williams wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize /celebrates/alumnus-ian-williams-wins-scotiabank-giller-prize <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Alumnus Ian Williams wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-11-20T12:14:38-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 12:14" class="datetime">Wed, 11/20/2019 - 12:14</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/giller-prize" hreflang="en">Giller Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-english" hreflang="en">Department of English</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Ian-Williams-Reproduction-1.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="photo of Ian Williams holding the Giller Prize"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Ian Williams, a three-time graduate of U of T's Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel, Reproduction (photo courtesy of the Scotiabank Giller Prize)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Alumnus <strong>Ian Williams&nbsp;</strong>has won the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel, <em>Reproduction</em>.</p> <p>The jury described <em>Reproduction</em> as many things at once: “It’s an engrossing story of disparate people brought together and also a masterful unfolding of unexpected connections and collisions between and across lives otherwise separated by race, class, gender and geography.”</p> <p>A three-time graduate of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, Williams originally planned to be a doctor – but after taking Professor Julia Reibetanz’s &nbsp;introduction to poetry class in his first year of undergraduate studies, he switched to a double major in psychology and English. Williams went on to obtain his master’s degree from the department of English, followed by his doctoral degree under the supervision of Professor <strong>George Elliott Clarke</strong>.</p> <p>The author of two books of poetry and one short story collection, Williams&nbsp;is now an assistant professor in the creative writing program&nbsp;at the University of British Columbia.</p> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-alumnus-ian-williams-poetry-teaching-and-his-giller-prize-winning-novel">Read the <em>οNews</em> story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:14:38 +0000 lanthierj 160894 at