Jonathan Dyck
Occupationgraphic novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2020s–present
Notable worksShelterbelts

Jonathan Dyck is a Canadian graphic novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1]

Career

Dyck began publishing comics in the 2010s, including publication in The Walrus and others.

His debut graphic novel, Shelterbelts, set in the fictional Mennonite town of Hespeler, was published by Conundrum Press in 2022.[2] Shelterbelts won the 2023 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award at the Manitoba Book Awards.[3] It was also co-winner of the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for best first book and also won the Doug Wright Award for Emerging Talent.[4]

Personal life

Dyck grew up in a Mennonite family in Winkler, Manitoba and currently lives in Winnipeg.[5]

References

  1. "Jonathan Dyck: Better living through graphic design". Canadian Mennonite University. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. "The best Canadian comics of 2022". CBC. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  3. "Shelterbelts is book of the year". Winnipeg Free Press. 11 June 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  4. "Kate Beaton and Jonathan Dyck among 2023 Doug Wright Award winners". Quill and Quire. May 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  5. "Shelterbelts explores how a rural Manitoba Mennonite community wrestles with change". Broadview. 2 May 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2023.


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