Roxanna Bennett

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Roxanna Bennett is a Canadian poet, whose 2019 collection Unmeaningable won the Raymond Souster Award [1] and the Trillium Book Award for English Poetry [2] in 2020.

Unmeaningable was also shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award, and their 2021 collection The Untranslatable I was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards. [3] The Untranslatable I was a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award for Poetry [4] and won the League of Canadian Poets' Raymond Souster Award. [5]

Based in Whitby, Ontario, [6] Bennett's poetry centres on disability. [7]

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References

  1. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun , May 11, 2020.
  2. Ryan Porter, "Téa Mutonji, Roxanna Bennett win 2020 Trillium Book Awards". Quill & Quire , June 17, 2020.
  3. "Ivan Coyote, David A. Robertson & Julie Flett among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, October 14, 2021.
  4. "Ontario authors Brian Francis, Liz Howard & Ann Shin among finalists for the 2022 Trillium Book Awards". CBC. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  5. Drudi, Cassandra (2022-05-05). "League of Canadian Poets announces 2022 awards winners - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  6. Jane van Koeverden, "Chantal Gibson, Heather Birrell, Roxanna Bennett & Charlie C Petch winners of top Canadian poetry prizes". CBC Books, May 11, 2020.
  7. Robert Colman, "Breaking Past the Normative: A review of Roxanna Bennett's 'Unmeaningable' and Tom Prime and Gary Barwin's 'A Cemetery for Holes'". Prism International , February 20, 2020.