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Jun 21, 1949 Greenstone, Ontario, Canada 75 years old
Canadian writer
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About Jane Urquhart
- Jane Urquhart, Order of Canada OC (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian novelist and poet born in Geraldton, Ontario.
- She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories.
- As a novelist, Urquhart is well known for her evocative style which blends history with the present day.
- Her first novel, The Whirlpool (published 1986), gained her international recognition when she became the first Canadian to win France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (Best Foreign Book Award).
- Her subsequent novels were even more successful.
- Away, published in 1993, won the Trillium Award and was a national bestseller.
- In 1997, her fourth novel, The Underpainter, won the Governor General's Literary Award.
