Kasia Van Schaik

Kasia Van Schaik (/ˈkɑːʃə væn ˈskaɪk/) is a Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection We Have Never Lived on Earth was longlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize[1] and the 2023 ReLit Award for short fiction.[2] The book was also a shortlisted finalist for the Concordia University First Book Prize at the 2022 Quebec Writers' Federation Awards.[3]

Van Schaik received a PhD in English literature from McGill University in 2023. Her dissertation, Small dislocations: narrative acts beyond the home in North American women’s fiction post 1945, examined domesticity and the idea of the good life in women's literature of the mid-twentieth century.[4]

References
  1. "12 Canadian books make longlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 6, 2023.
  2. "ReLit Awards announce 2023 long shortlists". Quill & Quire, September 25, 2023.
  3. Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 QWF awards". Quill & Quire, October 19, 2022.
  4. Van Schaik, Katarzyna. "Small dislocations: narrative acts beyond the home in North American women's fiction post 1945". escholarship.mcgill.ca. Edward Schantz (Supervisor). Retrieved 2023-10-05.


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