Kayt Burgess
Kayt Burgess | |
|---|---|
| Born | Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s – present |
| Notable works | Heidegger Stairwell |
Kayt Burgess is a Canadian writer, who won the Three-Day Novel Contest in 2011 for her debut novel Heidegger Stairwell.[1] Published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2012, the novel was subsequently a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 ReLit Award in the fiction category. She was also a finalist in the 2012 Three-Day Novel Contest, but did not win, for the not-yet-published novel Fauvel.
Heidegger Stairwell, about a successful Canadian indie rock band on the verge of collapse due to internal tensions, is narrated by a former girlfriend of the band's lead guitarist who has recently come out as a trans man,[2] and was noted for its unconventional narrative technique, including "editorial notes" from various characters disputing and contradicting the version of the story presented by the narrator.[2] The novel was subsequently adapted by music journalist Chandler Levack for the short film We Forgot to Break Up in 2017;[3] and by Karen Knox as the 2024 feature film We Forgot to Break Up.[4]
Burgess has also published short stories in the literary journals The Pinch and Mosaic, and published a standalone short story, "The Soprano", with Found Press in 2013.
Born in Manitouwadge, Ontario and raised in Elliot Lake,[1] Burgess was educated at Humber College, the University of Western Ontario and Bath Spa University.[1] She currently lives in Aurora, Ontario.
Works[edit]
- Heidegger Stairwell (2012, ISBN 978-1-55152-486-3)
- The Soprano (2013, ISBN 9781926998350)
- Connection at Newcombe (2021)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "34th annual 3-Day International Novel Contest winner Kayt Burgess not daunted by deadlines". Sault Star, October 4, 2012.
- ^ a b "Heidegger Stairwell". BeatRoute, October 8, 2012.
- ^ "WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP PREMIERES AT TIFF". Canadian Jewish News, September 5, 2017.
- ^ Melanie Goodfellow, "Lane Webber, Daniel Gravelle, June Laporte, Jordan Dawson & Hallea Jones Join Cast Of Toronto Indie Music Scene Feature ‘We Forgot To Break Up’". Deadline Hollywood, November 9, 2022.
External links[edit]
- Canadian women novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- People from Thunder Bay District
- Writers from Ontario
- Living people
- University of Western Ontario alumni
- Humber College alumni
- Alumni of Bath Spa University
- Canadian women short story writers
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian short story writers