Janice Kulyk

Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants.

Biography

She was born as Janice Kulyk on 2 June 1952 in Toronto, Ontario. She studied English literature at the University of Toronto, graduating with a BA. She then studied at the University of Sussex, where she received an MPhil and D.Phil. Following this, Keefer became an assistant professor of English studies at Université Sainte-Anne in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia. She is a specialist in Modernist literature. In her literary work on Ukrainian-Canadian identity, she "rejects simplified notions of multiculturalism" in preference to a Ukrainian transnational identity. , she is a professor of literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.

Her sister is the Canadian artist, Karen Kulyk and her son is the Decouple Podcast host Dr. Chris Keefer.

Awards and honours 1987 Governor General's Awards, nominated, Under Eastern Eyes 1988 Books in Canada First Novel Award, nominated, Constellations 1996 Governor General's Awards, nominated, The Green Library 1999 Marian Engel Award, lifetime achievement 2006 Greifswald Canadian Studies Fellow in Residence, University of Greifswald, Germany 2008 Kobzar Literary Award, The Ladies Lending Library