Alan R. Wilson

This article is about the Canadian novelist and poet. For other uses, see Alan Wilson (disambiguation).

Canadian novelist and poet

Alan R. Wilson

Born| Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation| novelist, poet
Nationality| Canadian
Period| 1990s-present
Notable works| Before the Flood

Alan R. Wilson is a Canadian novelist and poet, who won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 1999 for his novel Before the Flood.[1] The novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Stephen Leacock Award.[2]

His prior publications include the poetry collections Animate Objects (1995), Counting to 100 (1996) and Sky Atlas (2008).[1]

Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick,[1] he currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia.[2] His second novel, Lucifer's Hair, has been completed and is slated for future publication.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Alan Robert Wilson Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. St. Thomas University's New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, 2009.
2. ^ a b c CanLit Poets: Alan R. Wilson Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Literature, April 21, 2010.

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Winners of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award

1970s|

* Ian McLachlan and Michael Ondaatje (1977)
* Oonah McFee (1978)
* Joan Barfoot (1979)

1980s|

* Clark Blaise (1980)
* W. D. Valgardson (1981)
* Joy Kogawa (1982)
* W. P. Kinsella (1983)
* Heather Robertson (1984)
* Geoffrey Ursell (1985)
* Wayne Johnston (1986)
* Karen Lawrence (1987)
* Marion Quednau (1988)
* Rick Salutin (1989)

1990s|

* Sandra Birdsell (1990)
* Nino Ricci (1991)
* Rohinton Mistry (1992)
* John Steffler (1993)
* Deborah Joy Corey (1994)
* Shyam Selvadurai (1995)
* Keath Fraser (1996)
* Anne Michaels (1997)
* Margaret Gibson (1998)
* André Alexis (1999)

2000s|

* David Macfarlane and Alan R. Wilson (2000)
* Eva Stachniak (2001)
* Michael Redhill (2002)
* Mary Lawson (2003)
* Michel Basilières (2004)
* Colin McAdam (2005)
* Joseph Boyden (2006)
* Madeleine Thien (2007)
* Gil Adamson (2008)
* Joan Thomas (2009)

2010s|

* Jessica Grant (2010)
* Eleanor Catton (2011)
* David Bezmozgis (2012)
* Anakana Schofield (2013)
* Wayne Grady (2014)
* Alix Hawley (2015)
* Mona Awad (2016)
* Katherena Vermette (2017)
* Michael Kaan (2018)
* Casey Plett (2019)

2020s|

* Stéphane Larue (2020)
* Michelle Good (2021)
* Pik-Shuen Fung (2022)
* Jasmine Sealy (2023)

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