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Kevin Major (born September 12, 1949) is a Canadian author who lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with his wife. He writes for both young people and adults, including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays. Major was born and raised in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. He later moved to St. John's where he attended Memorial University. Before becoming a writer, he taught school in several parts of the province, including the Eastport Peninsula in Bonavista Bay.〔 His early novels are known for exploring issues of adolescence and the family. They were usually set on the Island of Newfoundland. In 1992 he was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for his body of work. ==Bibliography== * 1978 – ''Hold Fast'' ISBN 0-88899-579-2 (nominated: Books in Canada First Novel Award; winner: Governor General's Award, Book-of-the-Year CACL, Ruth Schwartz Award; placed on Hans Christian Honour List) * 1980 – ''Far From Shore'' ISBN 0-88899-568-7 (winner: Canadian Young Adult Book Award) * 1984 – ''Thirty-Six Exposures'' ISBN 0-385-25464-4 * 1987 – ''Dear Bruce Springsteen'' ISBN 0-385-29584-7 * 1989 – ''Blood Red Ochre'' ISBN 0-7704-2717-0 (nominated: Book-of-the-Year CACL, Geoffrey Bilson Award) * 1991 – ''Eating Between the Lines'' ISBN 0-7704-2705-7 (nominated: Ruth Schwartz Award; winner: Book-of-the-Year CACL, Ann Conner-Brimer Award) * 1993 – ''Diana: My Autobiography'' ISBN 0-7704-2702-2 * 1995 – ''No Man's Land'' ISBN 1-894463-71-4 and 2005 – ''No Man's Land: A Play'' ISBN 1-894463-71-4 * 1997 – ''Gaffer: A Novel of Newfoundland'' ISBN 0-385-25667-1 * 1997 – ''The House of Wooden Santas'' ISBN 0-88995-166-7 (winner: Mr. Christie Award, Ann Conner-Brimer Award) * 2000 – ''Eh? to Zed: A Canadian Abecedarium'' ISBN 0-88995-222-1 (nominated: Mr. Christie Award, Ann Conner-Brimer Award, Ruth Schwartz Award) * 2001 – ''As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador'' – ISBN 0-14-027864-8 (nominated: Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Award) * 2003 – ''Ann and Seamus'' ISBN 0-88899-561-X (nominated: Governor General's Award, Mr. Christie Award, Ruth Schwartz Award and five others; made into a folk opera of the same name) * 2003 – "The House of Wooden Santas" ISBN 0-88995-249-3 * 2003 – "Hold Fast" ISBN 0-88899-579-2 * 2005 – ''Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards'' ISBN 0-88899-593-8 (winner: Ann Conner-Brimer Award) * 2007 – ''Gros Morne Time Lines'' ISBN 1-894521-14-5 (with Tara Bryan & Anne Meredith Barry) * 2010 – "New Under the Sun" ISBN 978-1-897151-85-3 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「Kevin Major」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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