Jane Urquhart
Jane Urquhart, LL.D (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian novelist and poet. She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories. As a novelist, Urquhart is well known for her evocative style which blends history with the present day. Her first novel, ''
The Whirlpool'' (published 1986), gained her international recognition when she became the first Canadian to win France's prestigious
Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (Best Foreign Book Award). Her subsequent novels were even more successful. ''Away'', published in 1993, won the
Trillium Award and was a national bestseller. In 1997, her fourth novel, ''
The Underpainter'', won the
Governor General's Literary Award.
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