Michael Kaan
Canadian writer
Michael Kaan is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel The Water Beetles was published in 2017.[1] The novel, a family saga about a young boy's experience during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, was based in part on Kaan's father's memoirs.[2]
Life
Kaan, the child of a father from Hong Kong and a Canadian mother, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[3] He completed a degree in English from the University of Manitoba, later completing an MBA in Health Economics from the same institution.[4] He has worked as a healthcare administrator since 2000, primarily in mental health and health research.
Work
The Water Beetles was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards,[5] and won the 2018 amazon.ca First Novel Award,[6] the Margaret Laurence Prize for Fiction,[7] and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Prize.[8]
References
- ^ "Michael Kaan’s spider-silken debut demands second read". Toronto Star, April 30, 2017.
- ^ "Family history splinters in debut novel The Water Beetles". The Georgia Straight, April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Michael Kaan Wins 2018 First Novel Award Presented by Amazon Canada and The Walrus". Cision, May 22, 2018.
- ^ "CBC: Winnipeg author wins $40K national First Novel Award". University of Manitoba, May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Michael Kaan wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award for The Water Beetles". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 2018.
- ^ "Meet the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize readers".
- ^ "Manitoba Book Award SHORTLIST". uofmpress.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
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Winners of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award
- Ian McLachlan and Michael Ondaatje (1977)
- Oonah McFee (1978)
- Joan Barfoot (1979)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Stéphane Larue (2020)
- Michelle Good (2021)
- Pik-Shuen Fung (2022)
- Jasmine Sealy (2023)
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