Alison Calder

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Alison Calder
Born (1969-12-21) December 21, 1969 (age 55)
London, England
Education
Spouse Warren Cariou

Alison Calder (born 21 December 1969 in London) [1] is a Canadian poet, literary critic and educator.

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Biography

Calder was born in London, England on 21 December 1969 and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. [1] She studied at the University of Saskatchewan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts, and at the University of Western Ontario where she earned a Master of Arts 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]

Calder wrote a collection of essays in 2005 called History, Literature, and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies which examines literary criticism. [1]

Her debut collection of poetry, Wolf Tree, 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 in the English Department at the University of Manitoba, where she teaches literature and creative writing. She is married to writer Warren Cariou. [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Abdou, Angie (2013-12-15). "Alison Calder". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Alison Calder". Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 "Alison Calder | Product Creator(s) | JackPine Press". jackpinepress.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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