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Ian Williams
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| Born | June 17, 1979 |
| Occupation | Poet and fiction writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Toronto (BSc, MA, PhD) |
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Ian Williams (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer. His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and his debut novel, Reproduction, was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize. His work has ben shortlisted for various awards, as well.
Williams earned Honours Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Toronto. He was a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia for many years and is now a tenured English professor at University of Toronto. He is also a trustee of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry. From 2014-2015, he was the Canadian Writer-in-Residence with the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program, and in 2022, he was the Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris.
Awards and honours
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2011 | Not Anyone’s Anything | Danuta Gleed Literary Award | Winner | |
| You Know Who You Are | ReLit Awards | Shortlist | ||
| 2013 | Personals | Griffin Poetry Prize | Finalist | |
| ReLit Awards | Shortlist | |||
| Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award | Shortlist | |||
| 2019 | Reproduction | Amazon.ca First Novel Award | Shortlist | |
| Giller Prize | Winner | |||
| Toronto Book Award | Shortlist | |||
| 2021 | Disorientation | Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction | Shortlist | |
| Reproduction | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | ||
| Word Problems | Raymond Souster Award | Winner | ||
| ReLit Awards | Shortlist |
Books
- You Know Who You Are (Wolsak and Wynn, 2010)
- Not Anyone's Anything (Freehand Books, 2011)
- Personals (Freehand Books, 2012), shortlisted for the 2013 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize
- Reproduction (Random House Canada, 2019), winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Word Problems (Coach House Books, 2020)
- Disorientation: Being Black in the World (Random House Canada, 2021)
