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Anne Michaels
Novelist

Anne Michaels

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Writing Fugitive Pieces and Held.

Fugitive Pieces · The Winter Vault

Born
15 April 1958
Birthplace
Toronto

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Anne Michaels

Anne Michaels is a Canadian poet and novelist whose writing examines memory, loss and the effects of history on private lives.

Early life

Education

Grew up in Toronto and attended the University of Toronto.

Career

  1. Early writing

    Poetry

    Published The Weight of Oranges and Miner’s Pond.

  2. 1996

    First novel

    Published Fugitive Pieces.

  3. 2023

    Held

    Published her third novel.

Selected work

Fugitive Pieces

Won the Orange Prize and other literary awards.

The Winter Vault

Explores historical displacement and personal loss.

Held

Won the 2024 Giller Prize.

Beyond work

Public role

Served as Toronto’s poet laureate, seeking to make room for the city’s many literary languages.

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