Ian Williams (writer)
Ian Williams (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer. His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and his debut novel, Reproduction, was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize. His work has ben shortlisted for various awards, as well. Williams earned Honours Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Toronto. He was a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia for many years and is now a tenured English professor at University of Toronto. He is also a trustee of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry. From 2014-2015, he was the Canadian Writer-in-Residence with the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program, and in 2022, he was the Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris. Awards and honours

Books
 You Know Who You Are (Wolsak and Wynn, 2010)
 Not Anyone's Anything (Freehand Books, 2011)
 Personals (Freehand Books, 2012), shortlisted for the 2013 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize
 Reproduction (Random House Canada, 2019), winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize
 Word Problems (Coach House Books, 2020)
 Disorientation: Being Black in the World (Random House Canada, 2021)

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1979 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
Canadian male poets
Canadian male short story writers
Canadian male novelists
Canadian male essayists
People from Brampton
Writers from Ontario
Black Canadian writers
Academic staff of the University of British Columbia