André Alexis

Biography

André Alexis is a Canadian writer who was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, grew up in Ottawa, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario. He has received numerous awards including the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, the Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Trillium Award, and a fellowship in 2026 from the Guggenheim Foundation. Alexis is best known for his Quincunx Cycle, a series of five novels set in and around Southern Ontario.

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