The Calgary author received the $100,000 award for her novel 'The Sleeping Car Porter' during a televised gala at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel on Monday night. yyc
Suzette Mayr accepts her award as the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Suzette Mayr hopes the Scotiabank Giller Prize that will soon be residing on her shelf might finally quash her persistent impostor syndrome.
The Giller jurors praised Mayr for rendering a work of historical fiction "alive and immediate — and eerily contemporary." But she's glad this one is receiving so much attention, she said, particularly because it shines a spotlight on an under-represented part of Canadian history. Monday night's glitzy affair was hosted by poet Rupi Kaur and actress-producer Sarah Gadon and broadcast on CBC.
"Last year, it was very small. There was still a kind of frisson of nervousness in the air because of COVID," she said ahead of the ceremony. "This year, it feels like almost the before times, but it's better, because everybody is so excited to be here. People are thrilled to be out."
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