Stephen Finucan (17 July 1968 – 14 May 2023) was a

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writer.

Life

Finucan graduated from

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

with a BA in literature and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

with an MA in creative writing. He was an instructor at the

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School of Continuing Studies, as well as a frequent contributor to

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book pages. He died in 2023 to cancer. https://memorials.thompsonfs.ca/stephen-finucan/5206028/#details

Literary career

Finucan's short stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, including ''Saturday Night, THIS Magazine, The Sewanee Review, The New Quarterly'' and ''B&A''. He won the

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Prize in 1997, and was named ''Write Magazine's'' New Writer of the Year in 2000. His work has been shortlisted for the Upper Canada Brewing Company's Writer's Craft Award and the Ian St. James Award for Short Fiction. His debut novel, "The Fallen", was chosen as one of CBC

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Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade.

Works

*''Happy Pilgrims'' (

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, 2000) *''Foreigners'' (

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, 2003) *''The Fallen'' (

, 2009)

References

External links

"Foreigners"

"The Fallen"
Canadian male short story writers Trent University alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Living people 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian male writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub