Guy Vanderhaeghe

Guy Vanderhaeghe is a Canadian author from Saskatchewan who has won the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction three times — for Man Descending (1982), The Englishman's Boy (1996), and Daddy Lenin and Other Stories (2015) — making him the most decorated author in the history of that prize. He has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Vanderhaeghe's fiction is deeply rooted in the history and landscape of the Canadian prairies. His novels and stories often examine colonial history, masculinity, violence, and the mythologies that shape individual and collective identity. The Englishman's Boy weaves together two narratives: a 1920s Hollywood story and the historical Cypress Hills Massacre of 1873. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan and has taught creative writing at St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon. Vanderhaeghe is considered one of the masters of the Canadian historical novel and a defining voice in prairie literature.