Thomas King (novelist)

Thomas King ( born April 24, 1943 in Sacramento, California, USA) is an Indian author. Although he was born in the USA, he is widely regarded as the Canadian author, he has lived for many years in Canada and he was in his own words, even if he is critical of the arbitrarily drawn border between the U.S. and Canada, his adopted country more feels connected. He is part Cherokee, part of Greek and German descent.

Thomas King has a Ph. D. in English literature and taught for many years at various universities. For many years he was a professor of Native Studies at the University of Lethbridge ( Alberta). He currently teaches at the University of Guelph (Ontario) creative writing and Native American literature.

In addition to his career as a university professor and writer, he was involved from 1997 to 2000 on the radio show Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour. The show played in a fictional cafe in the fictional town of Blossom, Alberta. Thomas King and his two companions Edna Rain ( as Gracie ) and Floyd Favel Starr ( as Jasper ) offered in their mission a mix of humorous commentaries and serious criticism of the handling of the State of Canada with the Indian population.

Under the pseudonym Hartley Good Weather the Crime DreadfulWater Shows Up was released in 2003. Another thriller with the main person Thumps DreadfulWater appeared in 2006 under the title The Red Power Murders.

Also in 2003, he held in the Massey Lectures in five different cities in Canada a series of lectures under the title The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative from.

Works

  • Medicine River (1990 ) (novel; German translation 2008 A1 Verlag under the title Medicine River )
  • A Coyote Columbus Story ( 1992) ( children's book )
  • Medicine River (1993 ) (writer)
  • Green Grass, Running Water (1993 ) (novel; German translation 2003 A1 Verlag under the title When Coyote dances )
  • One Good Story, That One (Short Stories )
  • Truth & Bright Water ( 1999) ( novel)
  • DreadfulWater Shows Up ( 2003) ( detective novel; German translation 2005 in Union Verlag under the title: DreadfulWater crosses on )
  • A Short History of Indians in Canada ( 2005) ( short stories )
  • The Red Power Murders ( 2006) ( detective novel )
  • Coyote Solstice Tale ( 2009)

Secondary literature

  • Wiget, Andrew ( ed.): Dictionary of Native American Literature, 1994, pp. 459-461.
  • Andrews, Jennifer: Border Trickery and Dog Bones: A Conversation with Thomas King, in: Studies in Canadian Literature 24.2 (1999 ), pp. 161-185.
  • Davidson, Arnold ( among others ): Border Crossings. Thomas King 's Cultural Inversions, 2003.
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