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Gurjinder Basran

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Gurjinder Basran
Born1972
Occupationnovelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2010s-present
Notable worksEverything Was Good-bye

Gurjinder Basran (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist,[1] whose debut novel Everything Was Good-bye won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2011.[2] The novel was published by Mother Tongue Publishing in 2010,[1] and was more widely republished by Penguin Canada in 2011 following her award win.

Basran is a graduate of the creative writing program at Simon Fraser University.[1] In 2016, she served on the jury for the amazon.ca First Novel Award.[3]

Her second novel, Someone You Love Is Gone, was published in 2017.[4]

Bibliography

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  • Everything Was Goodbye (2010)
  • Someone You Love Is Gone (2017)
  • Help! I'm Alive (2022)[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Torn between two cultures; Gurjinder Basran takes a fascinating look at realities of growing up Indo-Canadian in North Delta". Vancouver Sun, January 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Tracy Sherlock (April 22, 2011). "Dual-culture novel garners BC Book Prize fiction award". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Awad's first novel wins $40,000 prize". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, May 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Review: Gurjinder Basran's Someone You Love Is Gone is a story of loss and recovery". The Globe and Mail, September 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.