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Radu, Kenneth
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1945-
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Kenneth Radu is a Canadian novelist, poet, and teacher at John Abbott College in Montreal. Born in Windsor, Ontario, his notable works include "The Cost of Living" (1987), "Distant Relations" (1989), "A Private Performance" (1990). He was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 1988 and the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1989. He won the Hugh Maclennan Prize for Fiction in 1989 for "Distant Relations" and in 1991, for "A Private Performance." He has also served as co-editor of Matrix, a literary magazine devoted to English-language writing in Montreal. He is the author of the memoir, "The Devil Is Clever: A Memoir of My Romanian Mother" (2004).
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