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Andre Alexis was born 15 January 1957 in Trinidad. His parents moved to Canada in the late 1950s and he followed in 1961. In addition to novels, Alexis writes for the stage and radio.

Books by Andre Alexis

	1994 Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa
	1995 Lambton, Kent and Other Vistas
	1997 Childhood A middle-aged man remembers his childhood after the death of his mother.
	2005 Ingrid and the Wolf
	2008 Asylum A member of the Fortnightly Club tries to convince the government that a new prison should be built that reflects the club's intellectual philosophy.
	2010 Beauty and Sadness
	2013 A
	2014 Pastoral
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1998 – Childhood – Winner

• Giller Prize
  • 1998 – Childhood – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Children's Literature
  • 2006 – Ingrid and the Wolf – Shortlisted

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
  • 1998 – Childhood – Shortlisted
  • 2014 – Pastoral – Shortlisted

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Added 11 January 2006.
Updated 20 January 2015.