Stephen Henighan

Stephen Henighan (* 1960 in Hamburg ) is a Canadian journalist, writer and translator of German origin.

Life

In 1965, Henighan along with his family to Canada. He grew up in the countryside in the province of Ontario. There he completed his schooling and then began among others To study political science at Swarthmore College ( Pennsylvania).

Between 1984 and 1992 Henighan studied at Concordia University in Montreal and was graduated with a MA complete. His living he earned in those years as a freelance journalist lights. Later he went to Wadham College ( University of Oxford) where he received his doctorate in 1996 in Latin American literature. Then followed further study in Colombia, Romania and Germany.

1996 entrusted to Henighan with a lectureship (Latin American Literature ) at Queen Mary & Westfield College ( University of London ). The end of 1998 he returned to his home from 1999 Henighan teaches at the University of Guelph (Ontario). In parallel, he acts as editor of the Biblioasis Edition in Windsor ( Ontario).

Reception

In addition to his journalistic work and the various professional journals as a teacher over the years was also a small literary oeuvre. In addition to his three novels, the focus is on many short stories. These were and are almost regularly published in newspapers and magazines including The Times Literary Supplement, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail and Montreal Gazette.

Works (selection)

As author

Novels

  • Other Americans. A novel. Simon & Pierre, Toronto, 1990, ISBN 0-8892-4218-6.
  • The places where names vanish. Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, 1998, ISBN 1-89544-977-4.
  • The streets of winter. Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, 2004, ISBN 1-89434-576-2.

Short stories

  • Nights in the Yungas. Thistledown Press, Saskatoon 1992, ISBN 0-92063-397-8.
  • North of Tourism. Cormorant Books, Dunvegam 1999, ISBN 1-896951-13-9.
  • A grave in the air. Thistledown Press, Saskatoon 2007, ISBN 978-1-89723-529-4.

Non-fiction

  • Assuming the light. The Parisian literary apprenticeship of Miguel Ángel Asturias. Legenda Edition, Oxford 1999, ISBN 1-900755-19- X.
  • When words deny the world. The reshaping of Canadian writing. The Porcupine 's Quill, Erin, Ont. 2002, ISBN 0-88984-240- X.
  • A report on the afterlife of culture. Biblioasis Edition, Emeryville 2008, ISBN 978-1-89723-142-5.

Papers

  • Caribbean Masks. Frantz Fanon and Alejo Carpentier. In: Robin W. Fiddian (ed.): Postcolonial perspectives on the cultures of Latin America and Lusophone Africa. University Press, Liverpool 2000, ISBN 0-85323-576-7.
  • History after History's End. In: Irene M. Blayer, Mark C. Anderson ( eds.): Latin American Narratives and Cultural Identity. Selected Readings. Peter Lang Publishing, New York 2004, ISBN 0-8204-6320-5, pp. 62-75.

As a translator

  • Ondjaki: Good Morning Comrades. A Novel ( " Bom dias, comarades "). Biblioasis Edition, Emeryville 2008, ISBN 978-1-89723-140-1.
  • Mihail Sebastian: The accident. A Novel ( " Accidental "). Biblioasis Edition, Emeryville 2011, ISBN 978-1-926845-16-6.
  • Journalist (Canada)
  • Author
  • Translator
  • German
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1960
  • Man
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