Jump to content

Kayt Burgess

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rosiestep (talk | contribs) at 05:41, 17 October 2020 (→External links: del stub). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Kayt Burgess
BornManitouwadge, Ontario, Canada
Occupationnovelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2010s – present
Notable worksHeidegger Stairwell

Kayt Burgess is a Canadian writer, who won the Three-Day Novel Contest in 2011 for her debut novel Heidegger Stairwell.[1] Published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2012, the novel was subsequently a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 ReLit Award in the fiction category. She was also a finalist in the 2012 Three-Day Novel Contest, but did not win, for the not-yet-published novel Fauvel.

Heidegger Stairwell, about a successful Canadian indie rock band on the verge of collapse due to internal tensions, is narrated by a former girlfriend of the band's lead guitarist who has recently come out as a trans man,[2] and was noted for its unconventional narrative technique, including "editorial notes" from various characters disputing and contradicting the version of the story presented by the narrator.[2] The novel was subsequently adapted by music journalist Chandler Levack for the short film We Forgot to Break Up in 2017.[3]

Burgess has also published short stories in the literary journals The Pinch and Mosaic, and published a standalone short story, "The Soprano", with Found Press in 2013.

Born in Manitouwadge, Ontario and raised in Elliot Lake,[1] Burgess was educated at Humber College, the University of Western Ontario and Bath Spa University.[1] She currently lives in Aurora, Ontario.

Works

  • Heidegger Stairwell (2012, ISBN 978-1-55152-486-3)
  • The Soprano (2013, ISBN 9781926998350)

References

  1. ^ a b c "34th annual 3-Day International Novel Contest winner Kayt Burgess not daunted by deadlines". Sault Star, October 4, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Heidegger Stairwell". BeatRoute, October 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP PREMIERES AT TIFF". Canadian Jewish News, September 5, 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kayt_Burgess&oldid=983943201"