Sharon Thesen
Canadian poet (born 1946)
Sharon Thesen (born 1946 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at University of British Columbia Okanagan.
In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize.[1]
Selected works
- Artemis Hates Romance, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1980
- Radio New France Radio, Vancouver: Slug Press, 1981
- Holding the Pose, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983
- Confabulations, Fernie, BC: Oolichan Books, 1984 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
- The Beginning of the Long Dash, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1987 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
- The Pangs of Sunday, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990
- Aurora, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1995
- News and Smoke: Selected Poems, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1999
- A Pair of Scissors, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2000 (winner of the Pat Lowther Award)
- Weeping Willow, Vancouver: Nomados, 2005
- The Good Bacteria, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2006 (nominated for the 2006 Governor General's Award for poetry and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize)
- Oyama Pink Shale, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2011
- The Receiver, Vancouver: New Star Books, 2017
- The Wig-Maker w/Janet Gallant, Vancouver: New Star Books, 2021
References
- ^ The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry announces the judges for the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize
External links
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography
- Records of Sharon Thesen are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
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Recipients of the Pat Lowther Award
- M. Travis Lane (1981)
- Rona Murray (1982)
- Rhea Tregebov (1983)
- Bronwen Wallace (1984)
- Paulette Jiles (1985)
- Erín Moure (1986)
- Heather Spears (1987)
- Gwendolyn MacEwen (1988)
- Heather Spears (1989)
- Patricia Young (1990)
- Karen Connelly (1991)
- Kate Braid (1992)
- Lorna Crozier (1993)
- Diana Brebner (1994)
- Beth Goobie (1995)
- Lorna Crozier (1996)
- Marilyn Bowering (1997)
- Barbara Nickel (1998)
- Hilary Clark (1999)
- Esta Spalding (2000)
- Sharon Thesen (2001)
- Heather Spears (2002)
- Dionne Brand (2003)
- Betsy Struthers (2004)
- Roo Borson (2005)
- Sylvia Legris (2006)
- Sina Queyras (2007)
- Anne Simpson (2008)
- Alice Major (2009)
- Karen Solie (2010)
- Evelyn Lau (2011)
- Susan Goyette (2012)
- Rachel Rose (2013)
- Alexandra Oliver (2014)
- Sina Queyras (2015)
- Lorna Crozier (2016)
- Sue Sinclair (2017)
- Lesley Belleau (2018)
- Klara du Plessis (2019)
- Chantal Gibson (2020)
- Noor Naga (2021)
- Selina Boan (2022)
- Gillian Sze (2023)
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