Kenneth Radu
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Kenneth Radu | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | novelist, poet, short story writer |
| Period | 1980s-2000s |
| Notable works | The Cost of Living, Distant Relations, A Private Performance |
Kenneth Radu is a Canadian writer. He was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for his short story collection The Cost of Living.[1]
Originally from Windsor, Ontario, he resided in Quebec as an adult, where he taught at John Abbott College in Montreal.[1]
He was a shortlisted nominee for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1989 for Distant Relations,[2] and has won the Hugh Maclennan Prize for Fiction in 1989 for Distant Relations[3] and in 1991 for A Private Performance.[4]
He has also served as co-editor of Matrix, a literary magazine devoted to English-language writing in Montreal.[5] He wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Yves Beauchemin's novel The Alley Cat.[6]
