Kaie Kellough facts for kids
Kaie Kellough (born in 1975) is a Canadian poet and novelist. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and moved to Montreal, Quebec, in 1998, where he still lives.
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Kaie Kellough's Creative Works
Kaie Kellough has written several books, including three poetry collections, one novel, and a collection of short stories. He has also released two audio recordings. Kellough is known for his unique "vocal sound poetry," where he uses his voice to create sounds and layers, exploring how language is made.
His Novel: Accordéon
His first novel, Accordéon, is written in an interesting way. It reads like a conversation where someone is being questioned by three agents from a "Ministry of Culture." This book was inspired by discussions in Quebec about a proposed "Charter of Values." Accordéon was nominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. A reviewer from the Montreal Review of Books called it a "remarkable work" that celebrates the many different sides of Montreal.
His Poetry: Magnetic Equator
For a while, Kaie Kellough mostly focused on sound poetry instead of writing poems. However, after meeting another writer, Dionne Brand, at a festival in 2017, he started putting together the poems that would become his collection Magnetic Equator.
Awards and Recognition
Kaie Kellough has received many important awards for his writing.
Major Poetry Awards
His poetry collection Magnetic Equator (published in 2019) was nominated for the QWF A.M. Klein Award for Poetry in the same year. It then won the prestigious 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize, which is a big award for poetry in Canada.
Awards for Short Stories
His collection of short stories, Dominoes at the Crossroads (published in 2020), also received a lot of attention. It was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020, which is one of Canada's most important literary awards. The book was also longlisted for the ReLit Award for short fiction in 2021. In 2020, it won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction at the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards. In 2021, it was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
Kaie Kellough made history by being the first person to be nominated for both the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize in the same year.
