birth_place awards notableworks birth_date spouse image article_title citizenship
little longlac , ontario governor du meilleur livre Étranger -lrb- france -rrb- , international impac general dublin literary award , officer of the order of canada 's , marian engel award , harbourfront festival prize , chevalier award dans l’ordre des arts et des lettres for english-language fiction , prix '' '' the underpainter '' , '' the stone carvers '' the , '' sanctuary line '' whirlpool '' , '' away '' , 21 june 1949 tony urquhart thumb jane urquhart
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jane urquhart

jane urquhart , order of canada oc -lrb- born june 21 , 1949 -rrb- is a canadian novelist and poet born in little long lac , ontario .
she is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels , three books of poetry and numerous short stories .
as a novelist , urquhart is well known for her evocative style which blends history with the present day .
her first novel , `` the whirlpool '' -lrb- published 1986 -rrb- , gained her international recognition when she became the first canadian to win france 's prestigious prix du meilleur livre etranger -lrb- best foreign book award -rrb- .
her subsequent novels were even more successful .
`` away '' , published in 1993 , won the trillium award and was a national bestseller .
in 1997 , her fourth novel , `` the underpainter '' , won the governor general 's literary award .
