Si Souvankham Thammavongsa sarong taga-Laos asin taga-Kanada na manrarawitdawit asin parasurat nin halipot na osipon. Kan 2019, nanggana siya nin O. Henry Award para sa halipot niyang istorya, an "Slingshot", na napublikar sa Harper's Magazine, [1] asin kan 2020 ang saiyang koleksyon nin halipot na osipon How to Pronounce Knife nanggana nin Giller Prize. [2]

Souvankham Thammavongsa
Minundagan1978
Nong Khai, Thailand
KasibotanParasurat
NasyunalidadCanadian
Panahon2000s–presente
Bantog na giboSmall Arguments, Found, Light, How to Pronounce Knife, Slingshot

Buhay baguhon

Si Thammavongsa namundag sa kampo nin mga refugee kan mga Lao sa Nong Khai, Thailand kan 1978. [3] Siya asin an saiyang mga magurang pinapadrinohan nin pamilya sa Kanada kan siya sarong taon pa sana. [4] Siya nagdakula asin nagklase sa Toronto, Ontario. [5]

Siya man dae nagkua nin kursong MFA, asin sabi niya na nanodan niya magsurat sa pagbabasa. Kaiba sa mga paborito niyang parasurat sina Alice Munro, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, asin Tennessee Williams. [6]

An saiyang inot na libro, Small Arguments, nanggana nin ReLit Award kan 2004. [7]

An saiyang pangaduwang libro, Found, ginibuhan nin halipot na pelikula ni Paramita Nath.[8]

An saiyang pangatulong libro, Light, nanggana nin Trillium Book Award para sa mga Rawitdawit kan 2014.[9]

An saiyang halipot na osipon, "How to Pronounce Knife", na-shortlist para sa 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize hali sa 4,000 na entra.[10]

Kan 2016, duwa sa saiyang istorya, "Mani Pedi" asin "Paris", na longlist sa the Journey Prize. [11]

An saiyang inot na koleksyon nin mga halipot na osipon, an How to Pronounce Knife, naipublikar kan 2020. [12] An Australyanong kritiko sa literary na si Kerryn Goldsworthy, sinurat patungkol sa mga osipon na "an lenggwahe ekonomikal alagad emosyonal." [13] Sa libro, gikan sa saiyang pagdakula bilang sarong aking babayi nin mga immigranteng taga-Laos an paggibo kan 14 na istorya, kada saro patungkol sa pagiging dayuhan asin pagkakairibanan. [14] An libro na-shortlist sa Giller Prize [15], asin nanggana nin award kan Nobyembre 9, 2020. Kan 2021, an libro nanggana nin 20,000 Canadian Dollars Trillium Book Award, [16] asin na-shortlist na finalist sa Danuta Gleed Literary Award kan 2021. [17]

Si Thammavongsa sarong hurado para sa 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize [18]

Siya man naging bisitang editor kan 2021 Best Canadian Poetry [19]

Mga Gibo baguhon

Koleksyon nin mga Rawitdawit baguhon

  • Small Arguments (Pedlar Press, 2023)
  • Found (Pedlar Press, 2007)
  • Light (Pedlar Press, 2013)
  • Cluster (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House, 2019) [20]

Halipot na Osipon baguhon

Mga Toltolan baguhon

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  2. Bresge, Adina. "Souvankham Thammavongsa wins Giller Prize for 'How to Pronounce Knife'". Hamilton Spectator. https://www.thespec.com/ts/entertainment/books/2020/11/09/five-writers-to-be-feted-at-first-virtual-100k-giller-prize-ceremony.html. 
  3. "Souvankham Thammavongsa". Poetry In Voice. Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 
  4. "Into the Field: Souvankham Thammavongsa". Jacket2. Retrieved June 19, 2014. 
  5. "Souvankham Thammavongsa". Versefest. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2014. 
  6. "Poet Souvankham Thammavongsa shifts gears with a sharp and steely new collection of short stories". Quill and Quire (in English). 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-05-12. 
  7. "Thammavongsa Souvankham". Poets.ca. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014. 
  8. "Found: The Film (Trailer)". Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014. 
  9. "Trillium Book Award Winners". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029005007/http://www.omdc.on.ca/Book/Trillium_Book_Award/Trillium_Book_Award_Winners.htm. Retrieved on November 10, 2023. 
  10. "2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist". Commonwealth Writers. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016. 
  11. "Journey Prize longlists Souvankham Thammavongsa twice." Lao American Review. Nakua Nobyembre 30, 2017.
  12. "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020". CBC Books, Pebrero 5, 2020.
  13. Goldsworthy, Kerryn (August 21, 2020). "Fiction reviews: How to Pronounce Knife and three other titles". The Sydney Morning Herald (in English). Retrieved August 22, 2020. 
  14. Channing, Cornelia (2020-04-23). "Laughter as a Shield: An Interview with Souvankham Thammavongsa". The Paris Review (in English). Retrieved 2021-05-12. 
  15. "3 novels, 2 short story collections shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, Oktubre 5, 2020.
  16. "Souvankham Thammavongsa wins $20K Trillium Book Award for How to Pronounce Knife". CBC Books (in English). June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021. 
  17. Vicky Qiao, "Jack Wang wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best first short story collection for We Two Alone". CBC Books, Mayo 28, 2021.
  18. "Griffin Poetry Prize - 2021 Judges", Griffin Poetry Prize 
  19. "Biblioasis - Best Canadian Poetry 2021", Biblioasis Books 
  20. "20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019". CBC Books, Enero 25, 2019.