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Katherine Mary Govier (born July 4, 1948) is a Canadian novelist. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she was educated at the University of Alberta and York University. In 1997, she was awarded the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career. Prior to that she was shortlisted for the Trillium Award in 1994, and won the City of Toronto Book Award in 1992. She has been made a Distinguished Alumna of the University of Alberta and is one of York University's "Famous Fifty" graduates. She has been Chair of the Writers' Trust of Canada and President of PEN Canada. Her novel "Creation" was a New York Times Notable Book of 2003. Katherine has published essays in major newspapers and magazines like Macleans, Saturday Night, The Globe and Mail, Harpers, Queen, and The Toronto Star. In 2011 she wrote an article for the Ottawa Citizen about a New York Times article on the disparity of female to male writers who contribute to the writing and editing of Wikipedia.()() The Ghost Brush has been published in translation in French as LA FEMME HOKUSAI in Japanese as HOKUSAI TU OI, in Spanish as LA HIJA DEL DIBUJANTE and in Romanian as FIICA LUI HOKUSAI. The novel is entitled THE PRINTMAKER’S DAUGHTER in the US. In April 2014 Katherine’s anthology HALF FOR YOU AND HALF FOR ME Nursery Rhymes and the Stories Behind Them, with illustrations by Sarah Clement, was published by Whitecap Publishers. Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagne are nominated for the Governor General’s award for translation 2014 for their translation of THE GHOST BRUSH into French as LA FEMME HOKUSAI, published by Quebec-Amerique. In 2011 Katherine founded (The Shoe Project ), a writing workshop for immigrant women, with sponsorship from Heather Gardiner and hosting by The Bata Shoe Museum. The group publishes stories on the web, creates ‘snapshot’ exhibits for The Bata Shoe Museum, and offers public performances. It has been the subject of two one hour documentaries on CBC Ideas, (In Their Shoes I ) (February 27, 2012), and (In Their Shoes II ) (June 10, 2013), and a (Toronto Star article ). Govier lives in Toronto, Ontario with her partner Nicholas Rundall. She has two children, Robin and Emily Honderich. She was previously married to John Honderich, former publisher of the ''Toronto Star''. == Bibliography == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katherine Govier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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