Jane Urquhart OC (born June 21, 1949) is an internationally acclaimed Canadian novelist, poet, and essayist whose beautifully evocative prose seamlessly blends historical realism with contemporary memory. Born in the northern mining community of Little Longlac (now Geraldton), Ontario, she grew up in Toronto and studied English and art history at the University of Guelph. Urquhart vaulted into the global spotlight with her 1986 debut novel, The Whirlpool, which made her the first Canadian to win France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Award). Renowned for exploring how landscapes shape human character, her extensive, prize-winning bibliography includes the Trillium Book Award winner Away, the Governor General's Award-winning art-world drama The Underpainter, and her Giller Prize-finalist masterpiece, The Stone Carvers. Beyond her four poetry collections and short fiction, she edited The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories and penned a concise biography of literary icon Lucy Maud Montgomery. She recently expanded her celebrated fictional footprint with her latest, highly praised historical novel set in rural Saskatchewan, In Winter I Get Up at Night.
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