Jason Heroux

Last updated

Jason Heroux (born 1971) [1] is a Canadian poet. He is the third poet laureate of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a position to which he was appointed in 2018. [2] He is the author of four books of poetry and three novels; [3] his works have been translated into French, Italian, and Arabic. [4] He was born in Montreal, and has lived in Kingston since 1990. [5] He has described his writing as "the surrealism of the everyday", [6] a characterization elaborated on by Christopher Doda, who writes that Heroux's poems "contain a keen sense of the uncanny, the moment where the commonplace becomes unsettling, when one's comfortable surroundings become a landscape of disquietude." [7] Poems of his were selected for Best Canadian Poetry in English in 2008, 2011, and 2016. [8] His first poetry collection, Memoirs of an Alias, was called "an amazing debut" by a reviewer in Books in Canada; [9] his 2012 collection Natural Capital was described as "a helluva good read" by a review in Arc Poetry Magazine, which concluded, "I'd give it several major prizes all at once." [10] Heroux's novel Good Evening, Central Laundromat was shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Awards, [11] and his poetry collection Natural Capital was shortlisted for the 2013 ReLit Awards. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Good Evening, Central Laundromat. OCLC   861276340 . Retrieved 16 May 2022– via worldcat.org.
  2. ↑ "City of Kingston Announces Jason Heroux as New Poet Laureate". kingstonherald.com. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Poet Laureate". cityofkingston.ca. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jason Heroux". poetrylondon.ca. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "City of Kingston Announces Jason Heroux as New Poet Laureate". kingstonherald.com. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Surrealism of the Everyday". thewhig.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Week 41: Jason Heroux Presented by Christopher Doda". Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "City of Kingston Announces Jason Heroux as New Poet Laureate". kingstonherald.com. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Eyes Wide Open". booksincanada.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Boiling Joy: Jason Heroux's Natural Capital". arcpoetry.ca. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "2011 ReLit Shortlists Announced". qillandquire.com. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "ReLit Awards Announces 2013 Shortlists". quillandquire.com. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2022.


Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Quill and ink.svg

This article about a poet from Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.