Sean Michaels wins the 2014 Giller Prize, worth $100,000
Montreal author scores upset victory with his debut novel, Us Conductors, beating five other finalists for the prestigious fiction award.
The story is inspired by the life of Lev Sergeyevich Termen, the Russian inventor of the eerily beautiful theremin, taking him from the rambunctious New York clubs of the 1930s to the bleak gulags of the Soviet Union.
Sean was obviously emotional as he took to the stage after being revealed as the winner. "I feel like a whale who has found a whole city in his mouth," he told the audience. Michaels' writing was praised by the Giller jury and said that, "he succeeds at one of the hardest things a writer can do: he makes music seem to sing from the pages of a novel." The native of Montreal is also a music critic and blogger, and had said he was drawn to write about the theremin because it's been so misunderstood. (SOURCE http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/11/scotiabank-giller-prize-2014-the-winner.htm The Scotiabank Giller Prize has become one of the most prestigious literary awards in North America. Prize founder Jack Rabinovitch established the award in 1994 (then worth $25,000 for the winner) in honour of his late wife, literary editor Doris Giller.
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