User:Mark Frutkin

Mark Frutkin (born January 2, 1948) is a Canadian novelist and poet who has published seven books of fiction and three books of poetry, and one work of non-fiction. His work has appeared in Canada, the US, England, Russia, Poland, Holland, South Korea, Spain and India. In 2007, his novel, Fabrizio’s Return, won the Trillium Prize for Best Book in Ontario and the Sunburst Award, and was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean region). In 1988, his novel, Atmospheres Apollinaire, was short-listed for the Governor General's Award for Fiction and was also short-listed for the Trillium Award, as well as the Ottawa/Carleton Book Award.

He came to Canada in 1970 as a draft resister during the Vietnam War after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University in Chicago. From 1967-68, he studied at Loyola University in Rome, Italy. From 1970-80, he lived in a log cabin with no electricity or running water near Wolf Lake, Quebec. Since 1980, he has lived in Ottawa, Canada with his wife, Faith, and son, Elliot.

As a journalist and critic he has written articles and reviews for The Globe & Mail, Harper's, the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Amazon.com/ca, Ottawa Magazine and other publications. His poetry and fiction have been published in numerous Canadian and foreign journals including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Descant, Prism International and others.

Works
Erratic North (non-fiction) - 2008

Fabrizio’s Return (novel) – 2006 (Winner of the 2006 Trillium Award for Best Book in Ontario; Winner of Sunburst Award; Finalist for Commonwealth Award (Canada/Caribbean region)

Slow Lightning (novel) - 2001

The Lion Of Venice (novel) -1997

In The Time Of The Angry Queen (novel) -1993

Invading Tibet (novel) -1991 Atmospheres Apollinaire (novel) –1988, re-issued - 1998 (Finalist for Governor General’s Award for Fiction in 1988; finalist for Trillium Award; finalist for Ottawa/Carleton Book Award)

The Growing Dawn (novel) -1988

Iron Mountain (poetry) - 2001 Acts Of Light (poetry) -1992 The Alchemy Of Clouds (poetry) - 1985