Tamas Dobozy

Tamas Dobozy is a Canadian writer and professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Early life Dobozy was born in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, on August 26, 1969. Between the ages of 3 and 18 he lived in Powell River, British Columbia, and subsequently in Victoria, Montreal, Budapest, Vancouver, Toronto, St. John's, and Kitchener, Ontario.

He received his BA/BFA in English/Creative Writing from The University of Victoria, his MA in English from Concordia University, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of British Columbia. 2011 O Henry Award for "The Restoration of the Villa Where Tíbor Kálmán Once Lived" 2012 Camera Obscura Editors' Award for Outstanding Fiction for "The Selected Mugshots of Famous Hungarian Assassins" 2012 Governor General's Awards shortlist for Siege 13 2012 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize winner for Siege 13 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for Siege 13 2015 National Magazine Awards, Gold Medal for Fiction for "Krasnagorsk-2" published in The New Quarterly 2025 National Magazine Awards, Gold Medal for Fiction for "Tea with Interpol" published in Fiddlehead