Keath Fraser
Keath Fraser ( born December 25, 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia ) is a Canadian writer who has won both belonging to the BC Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Books in Canada First Novel Award.
Life
Born in Vancouver in 1944 Keath Fraser studied at the University of British Columbia, where he received his BA in 1966 and his MA in 1969 reached. Then Fraser lived from 1970 to 1973 in London, where he studied at the University of London and a Ph.D. obtained. He then taught English for five years in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, as a private. Finally, he finished the academic teaching time, to devote himself entirely to writing.
Keath Fraser used to travel extensively through Asia, Europe, India, Cambodia and Australia, which manifested itself in his literary works. Fraser was accordingly the two books Bad Trips (1991 ) and Worst Journeys: The Picador Book of Travel ( 1992) out, in a way humorous anthologies on the experiences of various authors on their journeys to foreign countries. His travel experiences have a unique effect on his work, as his novels and stories often play in his travel countries.
So Bronwyn Drainie wrote for Books in Canada, if one really wants to travel into the heart of darkness, one should go into the hands of Keath Fraser, who would thereby have an extraordinary talent. His dark, lively and thereby differentiating writing style includes a wide range in the genre, the sites and modes of expression. He was clearly characterized by his love for his birthplace and hometown of Vancouver, in the live since his return from London. About Vancouver he wrote in stories such as The Life of a tuxedo and Waiting. In both stories, he described the living conditions of residents in Vancouver.
Keath Fraser suffers from Spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that muscles which have a negative influence in the process of sound articulation by involuntary contraction speaking. Thus his voice sounds stiff and downright pressed. Fraser later wrote his memoirs about the struggle to control his voice with the title The Voice Gallery.
Work
- Taking cover. Oberon Press, 1982, ISBN 0-88750-455-8
- Two Keath Fraser novellas. In: Toronto Canadian Fiction Magazine 1984
- Foreign Affairs. Stoddart, 1985, ISBN 0-7737-5042-8
- Bathroom trips. (Ed.) Vintage, 1991, ISBN 0-394-22151-6
- Worst journeys: the Picador book of travel. Picador, London 1993, ISBN 0-330-32141-2
- Worst journeys. Vol 2 Isis Pub. , Oxford 1994, ISBN 1-85695-225-8
- Telling My Love Lies. ( along with various authors ) Porcupine 's Quill, 1996, ISBN 0-88984-179-9.
- Brian Moore; Keath Fraser: The luck of Ginger Coffey. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1996, ISBN 0-7710-9993-2
- As For Me and My Body: A Memoir of Sinclair Ross. ECW Press, 1997, ISBN 1-55022-310-0
- The Voice Gallery: Travels With a Glass Throat, non-fiction memoir, Thomas Allen, 2002, ISBN 0-88762-101-5
- 13 Ways of Listening to a Stranger. The Best Stories of Keath Fraser ( short stories ), Thomas Allen, 2005, ISBN 0-88762-193-7