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Guy Vanderhaeghe
Canadian writer · Canada · On the map · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75
Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, best known for his Western novel trilogy, The Englishman's Boy, The Last Crossing, and A Good Man set in the 19th-century American and Canadian West.
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2015Governor General's Award for English-language fictionAwardGovernor General's Literary AwardsAward1996Governor General's Award for English-language fictionAward1987Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeAward1982Governor General's Award for English-language fictionAward1951Born5 April 1951
Awards
About this person
Vanderhaeghe has won three Governor General's Awards for his fiction, one for his short story collection Man Descending in 1982, the second for his novel The Englishman's Boy in 1996, and the third for his short story collection Daddy Lenin and Other Stories in 2015.
Country
Canada
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 75
Where to find them
The same award as Guy
George SzirtesBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Kathleen JamieBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Michael HofmannBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Don PatersonBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeTimothy MoBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeHugo WilliamsBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize