LISA GREKUL
| Dr. Lisa Grekul Associate Professor, English Faculty of Creative & Critical Studies Arts Building, ART153 University of British Columbia Okanagan Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Phone: 250.807.9347 |
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Originally from St. Paul , Alberta , Lisa Grekul has lived in Mbabane ( Swaziland ), Toronto , Edmonton , and Vancouver . She completed her B.A. (Hons) and M.A. degrees at the University of Alberta , and she holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia . Lisa is a creative writer and a literary scholar whose research focuses on Canadian literature (minority/diasporic writers, in particular), other postcolonial literatures, and postcolonial theory.
Her first novel, Kalyna’s Song, published by Coteau in 2003, is the coming-of-age story of a third-generation Ukrainian Canadian girl who grows up in northeastern Alberta and southern Africa . Her second book, Leaving Shadows: Literature in English by Canada’s Ukrainians (University of Alberta, 2005), is a critical study of English-language Ukrainian Canadian poetry, drama, fiction, and creative non-fiction.
She is currently at work on a SSHRC-funded book and film project, (Con)temporary Nomads: Canadian Autobiography and the Search for Home, which examines "homecoming" narratives by Canadians of Eastern European descent.
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- Kalyna's Song
Coteau Press (2003)
Shortlisted for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada Best First Book Award (2003)
Shortlisted for the Kobzar Literary Award (2006)
- Leaving Shadows: Literature in English by Canada's Ukrainians
University of Alberta Press (2005)
Shortlisted for the Kobzar Literary Award (2008)
