About Michael Kenyon
Born 1953. Michael Kenyon is a Canadian poet.
Michael Chadwick Kenyon (born 1953) is a Canadian writer from British Columbia, who won the ReLit Award for fiction in 2010 for his novel The Beautiful Children. He was also a ReLit poetry nominee in the same year for The Last House.
His debut novel, Kleinberg, was a shortlisted finalist for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1992, and for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, Canada/Caribbean.
His other books have included the novels The Biggest Animals and A Year at River Mountain, and the short story collection Parallel Rivers.
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Who is Michael Kenyon?
Canadian poet
When was Michael Kenyon born?
Michael Kenyon was born in 1953.
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Michael Kenyon is a poet.
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Michael Kenyon is Canadian.
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