John R. Keeble | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:John_R_Keeble_Aug_8_2014_Home.jpg) John R. Keeble on August 8, 2014 | |
| Born | John Robert Keeble November 24, 1944 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | Dual Canadian and United States |
| Education | University of Redlands (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) Brown University |
| Genres | Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story |
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John Robert Keeble[1] (born November 24, 1944) is a Canadian-American author. Primarily a novelist, he is best known for his novels Yellowfish (1980) and Broken Ground (1987). He has also written short stories and nonfiction. In 2019, he won an O. Henry Award for his short story, "Synchronicity", which was published in Harper's Magazine.[2]
Keeble is known for his literary treatment of political and ecological concerns, particularly in the western landscape of North America, as well as for his exploration of the intersections and tensions between the past and present of the American West and the people and animals who inhabit these spaces.
- ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1981). Reports of the President and the Treasurer. p. 56.
- ^ van Koeverden, Jane (May 17, 2019). "Canadians Alexander MacLeod, Souvankham Thammavongsa & John Keeble win O. Henry Prize". CBC News. Retrieved May 25, 2019.