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Maria Reva
Canadian writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Reva is a Canadian writer.[1][2] She is most noted for her short story collection Good Citizens Need Not Fear.[3]
Born in Ukraine, Reva moved to Canada with her family in childhood, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is an MFA graduate of the University of Texas.[1] Good Citizens Need Not Fear, her debut collection, was based in part on family stories of life in Soviet-era Ukraine.[4] In 2025, her debut novel Endling was published.[5][6]
Apart from writing fiction, Reva writes librettos for operas working with various composers, including her sister, Anna Pidgorna.[1]
Her work has been published in The Atlantic, McSweeney's and the Best American Short Stories anthologies.
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Awards and nominations
- 2018: RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers for the short story "The Ermine Coat".[7]
- 2019: National Magazine Award for Fiction, for the short story "Unsound",[8] republished as the novelette "Little Rabbit" in the collection Good Citizens Need Not Fear[9]
Good Citizens Need Not Fear was considered for several awards:
- 2020: A shortlisted finalist for the 2020 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[10]
- 2020: Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- 2022: Recipient of the Kobzar Literary Award
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