Gillian Sze

Gillian Sze is a Canadian writer. She has won one Quebec Writers' Federation Award and been a finalist seven times across four different categories.

Biography

Sze's parents are Chinese immigrants, and she grew up speaking the Hokkien dialect of Mandarin at home. She was raised in Winnipeg.
After graduating from high school, Sze studied at the University of Winnipeg for one year to study medicine, after which she transferred to Concordia University to study creative writing. She later received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Concordia University, as well as a Ph.D. in English Studies from the Université de Montréal.
Sze presently lives in Montreal where she teaches in the English Department at Concordia University.

My Love for You is Always received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.
The Night is Deep and Wide received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The book was also named one of the best children's books of the year by New York Public Library and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
The Globe and Mail included Quiet Night Think: Poems & Essays in their list of the best 100 books of 2022. CBC Books also included in on their "Best Canadian Poetry of 2022" list.

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2009	Fish Bones	McAuslan First Book Prize	Shortlist
2011	"Like This Together"	carte blanche Prize	Winner
2014	Peeling Rambutan	A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry	Shortlist
2016	Redrafting Winter	A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry	Shortlist
2018	Panicle	A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry	Shortlist
2022	Quiet Night Think	A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry	Shortlist
2022	You Are My Favorite Color	Janet Savage Blachford Prize	Shortlist
2023	Quiet Night Think	Pat Lowther Award	Winner