Joe Kertes escaped from Hungary as a child with his family during the Hungarian Revolution.
He founded Humber College's creative writing and comedy programs and was the recipient of
numerous awards for teaching and innovation. He was for many years Humber's Dean of
Creative and Performing Arts.
His first novel, Winter Tulips, won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. His third novel,
Gratitude, won a Canadian National Jewish Book Award and the U.S. National Jewish Book
Award for Fiction. His novel, The Afterlife of Stars, was a New York Times Book Review
Editor’s Choice. His latest novel is called Last Impressions. It was nominated for a City of
Toronto Book Award and was a finalist for a second Leacock Award. His upcoming novel is
called Sirens.
Kertes was the recipient of the 2017 Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contribution to literature
and to the literary community.
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