Elyse Gasco

Elyse Gasco (born 1967) is a Canadian fiction writer. She is a recipient of the Journey Prize, QSPELL Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, and the QSPELL/FEWQ First Book Award,

Elyse Gasco
Born1967
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupationwriter
LanguageEnglish
Nationality Canada
EducationConcordia University
New York University
Notable awardsJourney Prize
Childrentwo daughters

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Gasco studied Creative Writing first at Concordia University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988,[1] then at New York University to earn a Master of Arts degree.

The title story of her 1999 debut collection, Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? (1999), won the 1996 Journey Prize.[2] The book won the QSPELL Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, the QSPELL/FEWQ First Book Award, and was shortlisted for a 1999 Governor General's Award,[3] the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and the Pearson Canada Reader's Choice Award. It was also a designated a New York Times Notable Book in 1999.[4]

The collection has since been translated into French by Ivan Steenhout as Bye-bye, bébé (2001). Gasco has also adapted the stories for the stage as Bye Bye Baby.

Gasco's work has appeared in American and Canadian literary magazines, including The Little Magazine, Western Humanities Review, Canadian Fiction Magazine, PRISM international, Grain, and The Malahat Review.[5]

Gasco is married with two daughters and lives in Westmount.

Selected works
  • Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1999. ISBN 0-7710-3297-8 (translated as Bye-bye, bébé. Montreal: L'Instant même. ISBN 2-89502-143-0)

References
  1. "Concordia writers made Governor-General's list". Thursday Reports. Concordia University. 18 November 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. New, William H. (2002). Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8020-0761-2. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  3. "The Canada Council for the Arts Announces Nominees for the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards". Canada Council for the Arts. 19 October 1999. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  4. "Notable Books of the Year". The New York Times. 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  5. "QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors : Authors: View".
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