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Mark Frutkin (born January 2, 1948) is a Canadian novelist and poet. He has published ten books of fiction, three books of poetry, as well as two works of non-fiction and a book of essays. In 2022, his novel The Artist and the Assassin won the Silver Medal in the IPPY Awards (for books from independent publishers in Canada/US/Australia), in the category of literary fiction. In 2007, his novel, Fabrizio's Return, won the Trillium Prize for Best Book in Ontario[1] and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic,[2] and was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean region).[3] In 1988, his novel, Atmospheres Apollinaire, was short-listed for a Governor General's Award and was also short-listed for the Trillium Award, as well as the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award. His works have been shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Awards five times.
Frutkin went to Canada in 1970 as a draft resister during the Vietnam War after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University in Chicago, USA. In 1967-68 he studied at Loyola University in Rome, Italy. From 1970-80, he lived in a log cabin with no electricity or running water near Wolf Lake, Quebec. Since 1980, he has lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Faith.
As a journalist and critic he has written articles and reviews for The Globe and Mail, Harper's, the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Amazon.com/ca, Ottawa Magazine and other publications. His poetry and fiction have been published in numerous Canadian and foreign journals including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Descant, and Prism International.
- "The Walled Garden" (essays) - 2023 TBD (Upcoming)
- "The Artist and the Assassin" (non-fiction) - 2021
- "The Rising Tide" (non-fiction) - 2018
- "Hermit Thrush" (poetry) - 2016
- A Message for the Emperor (fiction) - 2012
- Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously (essays) - 2012
- Walking Backwards (non-fiction) - 2011
- Erratic North (non-fiction) - 2008
- Fabrizio's Return (novel) – 2006[4] Winner of the 2006 Trillium Award for Best Book in Ontario; Winner of Sunburst Award; Finalist for Commonwealth Award (Canada/Caribbean region)
- Slow Lightning (novel) - 2001
- The Lion Of Venice (novel) -1997
- In The Time Of The Angry Queen (novel) -1993[5]
- Invading Tibet (novel) -1991[6]
- Atmospheres Apollinaire (novel) –1988, re-issued - 1998 (Finalist for Governor General's Award for Fiction in 1988; finalist for Trillium Award; finalist for Ottawa-Carleton Book Award)
- The Growing Dawn (novel) -1983
- Iron Mountain (poetry) - 2001
- Acts Of Light (poetry) -1992
- The Alchemy Of Clouds (poetry) - 1985
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