Dan Vyleta

Montag, 15. Juli 1974

Dan Vyleta is a German–Canadian writer, whose novel The Crooked Maid was shortlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His first novel Pavel & I was published in 2008 and translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Dutch, Danish, Italian and Czech. His second novel, The Quiet Twin, was a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. All three books gathered considerable critical acclaim and were widely reviewed by the Canadian, British and American press. Vyleta is currently teaching creative writing at the University of Birmingham.