Alison Calder
Alison Calder (born 21 December 1969) is a Canadian poet, literary critic and educator.
Life and career[]
Calder was born in London, England on 21 December 1969 and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She studied at the University of Saskatchewan, where she earned a BA, and at the University of Western Ontario where she earned an MA and a PhD in English Literature.[1] She was also a Distinguished Junior Scholar in Residence at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia.[2]
In 2004, she won the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.[3]
She wrote a collection of essays in 2005 called History, Literature, and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies which examines literary critism.[1]
Her debut collection of poetry was called Wolf Tree and was published in 2007.[1] It won the 2008 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry and the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba Author at the 2008 Manitoba Book Awards.[4] It was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.[1] Her second collection, In the Tiger Park, was published in 2014 and was a finalist for the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry.[5]
She also co-wrote the chapbook Ghost Works: Improvisations in Letters and Poems, with Jeanette Lynes.[5]
She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba and works at the University of Manitoba where she teaches literature and creative writing. She is married to writer Warren Cariou.[1][4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Alison Calder | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Handley, William R.; Lewis, Nathaniel (2004-01-01). True West: Authenticity and the American West. U of Nebraska Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-8032-2410-0.
- ^ "Alison Calder". Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Besson, Françoise (2018-12-14). Ecology and Literatures in English: Writing to Save the Planet. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-5275-2339-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Alison Calder | Product Creator(s) | JackPine Press". jackpinepress.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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