Tamas Dobozy
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Tamas Dobozy is a Canadian writer and professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.[1]
Early life
Dobozy was born in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, on August 26, 1969.[2] 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.[2]
Career
Dobozy taught at Memorial University[2] and currently teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario.[1]
Awards and honours
- 1995 sub-Terrain Short Fiction Contest Winner for "Like A Salmon Getting Me Down"
- 2003 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist for When X Equals Marylou[3]
- 2011 O Henry Award for "The Restoration of the Villa Where Tíbor Kálmán Once Lived"[4]
- 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[5]
- 2012 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize winner for Siege 13[6]
- 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for Siege 13[7]
- 2015 National Magazine Awards, Gold Medal for Fiction for "Krasnagorsk-2" published in The New Quarterly[8]
- 2025 National Magazine Awards, Gold Medal for Fiction for "Tea with Interpol" published in Fiddlehead[9][10]
Bibliography
- When X Equals Marylou (Arsenal Pulp, 2002)
- Last Notes and Other Stories (HarperCollins Canada/Arcade, 2005)
- Siege 13: Stories (Thomas Allen/Milkweed, 2012)
- 5 Mishaps (School Gallery, 2021)
- Ghost Geographies: Fictions (New Star Books, 2021)
- Stasio: A Novel in Three Parts (Anvil Press, 2024)
References
- ^ a b "Tamas Dobozy | Wilfrid Laurier University".
- ^ a b c Harper Collins Authors - Tamas Dobozy
- ^ "Danuta Gleed Literary Award | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 by Prize Jury: A.M. Homes, Manuel Muñoz, Christine Schutt Edited with an introduction by Laura Furman | Penguin Random House Canada". www.penguinrandomhouse.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "Dobozy, Spalding, Lam vie for GG award". 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Tamas Dobozy | Writers' Trust of Canada".
- ^ Alison Flood (31 May 2013). "Frank O'Connor short story award pits UK authors against international stars". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ Foundation, National Magazine Awards. "National Magazine Awards Foundation announces the winners of the 38th annual National Magazine Awards". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "Tea With Interpol" (PDF). nmafpublic.s3.amazonaws.com.
- ^ "2025 National Magazine Awards: Celebrating Canadian Talent". National Magazine Awards. 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2026-03-14.