Russell Thornton | |
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| Born | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s -- present |
| Notable works | The Hundred Lives (2014); Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain (2013) |
Russell Thornton is a Canadian poet.
His book House Built of Rain (2003) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize [1] and the 2004 ReLit Award. [2]
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His collection Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (2013) was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, [3] the 2014 Raymond Souster Award [4] and the 2014 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. [5]
His collection The Hundred Lives (2014) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize. [6]
He is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
