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Joseph Kertes


Born
Hungary
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Genre
Fiction, Children's


Joseph Kertes was born in Hungary (1951) but escaped with his family to Canada after the revolution of 1956.

He studied English at York University and the University of Toronto, where he was encouraged in his writing by Irving Layton and Marshall McLuhan.

Kertes founded Humber College's distinguished creative writing and comedy programs. He is currently Humber's Dean of Creative and Performing Arts and is a recipient of numerous awards for teaching and innovation.

His first novel, Winter Tulips, won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. Boardwalk, his second novel, and two children's books, The Gift and The Red Corduroy Shirt, met with critical acclaim.

His novel, Gratitude, won a Canadian National Jewish Book Award and the U.S. National Je ...more

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Average rating: 3.44 · 1,356 ratings · 212 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors
The Afterlife of Stars
3.33 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions
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Gratitude
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Last Impressions
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Winter Tulips
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The Best Canadian Essays 2016
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Boardwalk: A Novel
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The Red Corduroy Shirt
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