M. T. Kelly
Encyclopedia
Milton Terrence Kelly is a Canadian
novelist, poet
and playwright
.
Born in Toronto, Ontario
, Kelly attended Parkdale Collgeiate Institute, York University
and the University of Toronto
. His first novel, I Do Remember The Fall (1977), was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award
. This book was followed by two novels from Black Moss Press followed: "The More Loving One" and and "The Ruined Season". Kelly's third novel A Dream Like Mine Stoddart, (1987) won the Governor General's Award for fiction
and was made into the movie Clearcut. A book of poetry, Country You Can't Walk In won the first Toronto Arts Council Award. Two other novels with Stoddart followed, "Out of the Whirlwind" and "Save Me Joe Louis" as well as a book of short stories, "All that Wild Wounding".
Among other collections M.T. Kelly's work was included in The Thinking Heart: Best Canadian Essays (1991). And "The Satuirday Night Traveller".
His play, "The Green Dolphin", which was performed at Theatre Passe Muraille.
A frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail
, M.T. Kelly also worked as a reporter for the Moose Jaw Times-Herald.
In 2000, when his wife, Madam Justice Lynn King was disgnosed with of breast cancer, and his publisher of 30 years, General Publishing, went bankrupt, M.T. Kelly stopped publishing. Another contributing factor was the death of his friend, colleague, and sometime editor, author Carole Corbeil.
Kelly remained silent after his wife's death in March 2005, but then Exile Editions then re printed "A Dream Like Mine" in its Canadian Classics series with an introduction by native writer Daniel David Moses. Along with the reprinting of "A Dream Like Mine" Exile published a new book, "Downriver", which cotained poetry, a memoir, and a short story about the people in the memoir.
M.T. Kelly's papers are in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library archives at the University of Toronto.
Canada
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novelist, poet
Poet
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and playwright
Playwright
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.
Born in Toronto, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Kelly attended Parkdale Collgeiate Institute, York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
and the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. His first novel, I Do Remember The Fall (1977), was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award
Books in Canada First Novel Award
The Amazon.ca First Novel Award, formerly the Books in Canada First Novel Award, is a literary award given annually to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada. It has been awarded since 1976....
. This book was followed by two novels from Black Moss Press followed: "The More Loving One" and and "The Ruined Season". Kelly's third novel A Dream Like Mine Stoddart, (1987) won the Governor General's Award for fiction
1987 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:...
and was made into the movie Clearcut. A book of poetry, Country You Can't Walk In won the first Toronto Arts Council Award. Two other novels with Stoddart followed, "Out of the Whirlwind" and "Save Me Joe Louis" as well as a book of short stories, "All that Wild Wounding".
Among other collections M.T. Kelly's work was included in The Thinking Heart: Best Canadian Essays (1991). And "The Satuirday Night Traveller".
His play, "The Green Dolphin", which was performed at Theatre Passe Muraille.
A frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
, M.T. Kelly also worked as a reporter for the Moose Jaw Times-Herald.
In 2000, when his wife, Madam Justice Lynn King was disgnosed with of breast cancer, and his publisher of 30 years, General Publishing, went bankrupt, M.T. Kelly stopped publishing. Another contributing factor was the death of his friend, colleague, and sometime editor, author Carole Corbeil.
Kelly remained silent after his wife's death in March 2005, but then Exile Editions then re printed "A Dream Like Mine" in its Canadian Classics series with an introduction by native writer Daniel David Moses. Along with the reprinting of "A Dream Like Mine" Exile published a new book, "Downriver", which cotained poetry, a memoir, and a short story about the people in the memoir.
M.T. Kelly's papers are in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library archives at the University of Toronto.
Novels
- I Do Remember the Fall - 1977
- The Ruined Season - 1982
- A Dream Like Mine - 1987
- Out of the Whirlwind - 1995
- Save Me, Joe Louis - 1998