C.E. "Chris" Gatchalian (born June 5, 1974) is a Canadian author who writes in multiple genres. Born in

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, British Columbia to Filipino parents,C. E. Gatchalian
at the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. he holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Theatre from the

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. His play ''Motifs & Repetitions'' aired on Bravo! (Canada) in 1997 and on the

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in 1998. His other produced plays include ''Claire'', ''Crossing'', ''Broken'' and ''People Like Vince'', a play for young audiences about mental health. His latest play, ''Falling in Time'', had its world premiere in Vancouver in November 2011 and was published by Scirocco Drama in 2012. In 2013, he won the

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, a prize presented by the

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to an openly LGBT writer. In 2019, his memoir ''Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man'' was published by

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Personal life

He is openly gay, and is a three-time finalist for the

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, including in 2013 for ''Falling in Time''."Rae Spoon, Kamal Al-Solaylee among Canadian Lambda nominees"
. ''

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'', March 6, 2013.

Plays

*''Motifs & Repetitions'' (1995) *''Claire'' (1999) *''Crossing'' (2004) *''Star'' (2005) *''Hands'' (2005) *''Broken'' (2006) *''People Like Vince'' (2011) *''Falling in Time'' (2012)

Non-fiction

*''Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man'' (2019)

Poetry

*''tor/sion'' (2005)

References

External links

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