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Linda Rui Feng longlisted for 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Published: October 1, 2021
Associate Professor Linda Rui Feng of the department of East Asian studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science has been longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her debut novel Swimming Back to Trout River.
Published by Simon & Schuster, the book is set against the backdrop of China鈥檚 cultural revolution and tells the story of a husband and wife who move to the United States, leaving their daughter behind with her grandparents in China. as 鈥渇illed with tragedy yet touched with life-affirming passion.鈥
A recipient of the Chancellor Jackman Research Fellowship in the Humanities from the , Feng is currently working on a cultural history of aromatics in late medieval China.
Feng is one of 12 authors whose books are longlisted for the prestigious $100,000 prize, which recognizes the best in Canadian fiction. Other members of the U of T community who made the list include Governor General鈥檚 Award-winning author Miriam Toews, , who was nominated for Fight Night, published by Knopf Canada.
Em, written by Governor General鈥檚 Award-winning author Kim Thuy and translated by alumna Sheila Fischman, was also named to the list. A Member of the Order of Canada, Fischman has translated more than 150 works of Quebec contemporary fiction from French to English.
was hosted by alumna Souvankham Thammavongsa, who won the prestigious award last year for her book, How to Pronounce Knife.
