Tamai Kobayashi
| Tamai Kobayashi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1965 Japan |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Notable works | Prairie Ostrich |
| Website | |
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Tamai Kobayashi (born 1965 in Japan) is a Canadian writer, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.[1]
Kobayashi was co-editor with Mona Oikawa of All Names Spoken, an anthology of lesbian writing published by Sister Vision Press in 1992.[2] She later published two short story collections, Exile and the Heart (1998) and Quixotic Erotic (2003),[3] before publishing her debut novel, Prairie Ostrich, in 2014.[4] In addition, she wrote the short film Short Hymn, Silent War, directed by Charles Officer,[5] and her short story "Panopte's Eye" appeared in the 2004 science fiction anthology So Long Been Dreaming.
She was also a founding member of Asian Lesbians of Toronto.[3]
Works
- All Names Spoken (1992, ISBN 9780920813881)
- Exile and the Heart (1998, ISBN 9780889612297)
- Quixotic Erotic (2003, ISBN 9781551521398)
- Prairie Ostrich (2014, ISBN 9780864926807)
References
- ↑ "Tamai Kobayashi wins 2014 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire, June 24, 2014.
- ↑ W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. Chapter "Gay and Lesbian Writing", pp. 418-422.
- 1 2 Tamai Kobayashi. Asian Heritage in Canada (Ryerson University Library and Archives), 2014.
- ↑ Susan G. Cole, "10 more must-reads". NOW, March 27, 2014.
- ↑ "HD production heats up". Playback, February 18, 2002.
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