Maria Reva is a Canadian writer.
[Dana Gee]
"Maria Reva revisits old country in clever novel about survival in tough times"
'' Vancouver Sun'', March 26, 2020. She is most noted for her short story collection ''Good Citizens Need Not Fear'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the 2020
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
Born in
Ukraine, Reva moved to Canada with her family in childhood, and grew up in
Vancouver,
British Columbia.
[ ''Good Citizens Need Not Fear'', her debut collection, was based in part on family stories of life in Soviet-era Ukraine.
An MFA graduate of the University of Texas,][ Reva won the ]RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
The RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer who has not yet published his or her first book. Formerly restricted to writers under age 35, the age li ...
in 2018 for her short story "The Ermine Coat".[Erin Balser]
"Maria Reva wins $10K RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for emerging writers"
CBC Books, May 31, 2018. Her work has also been published in '' The Atlantic'', '' McSweeney's'' and the Best American Short Stories anthologies.
References
21st-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian women short story writers
Ukrainian emigrants to Canada
Writers from Vancouver
University of Texas alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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