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Charles (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) de Lint Biography

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Name: Charles de Lint
Birth Date: December 22, 1951
Place of Birth: Bussum, Netherlands
Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer

Dictionary of Literary Biography on Charles (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) de Lint

Charles de Lint is a prolific author working in a variety of genres: novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, songs, reviews, and criticism. He has won several awards for his fantasy writing, including the first annual William L. Crawford Award for Best New Fantasy Author of 1984 (presented by the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts); the 1988 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, or Casper, for Best Work in English for Jack, the Giant-Killer (1987); the 1992 Best Books for the Teen Age award from the New York Public Library for The Little Country (1991); the Prix Ozone 1997 for Best Foreign Fantasy Short Story; the 1998 Young Adult Library Services Association Best Books for Young Adults award for Trader (1997); and the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Moonlight and Vines (1999). His review columns have been published in major fantasy, science-fiction, and horror magazines; he has served as a judge on major awards committees for those genres; and he has been invited to several conferences as a guest of honor.

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    Robin Anne Reid, Texas A&M University--Commerce. Charles (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) de Lint from Dictionary of Literary Biography. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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