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Benjamin Hertwig is a Canadian poet, whose debut poetry collection Slow War was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2017 Governor General's Awards. [1] He is based in Edmonton, Alberta and is co-owner of the used bookstore Paper Birch Books. [2]
A former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan, [3] he has also published short fiction and non-fiction work in Maisonneuve , Canadian Literature , The Walrus , Ricepaper , Geez , Prairie Fire , Pleiades and The New York Times . He won a National Magazine Award in the Personal Journalism category in 2017 for "The Burn". [4]
In 2024, Hertwig released his first novel, Juiceboxers, which follows four young men sent to war in Afghanistan. [2] The novel was a finalist for the 2025 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. [5]
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