Sadiqa de Meijer

Sadiqa de Meijer
Occupation	poet, short story writer
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2010s-present
Notable works	Leaving Howe Island

Sadiqa de Meijer is a Canadian poet. Her debut collection, Leaving Howe Island, was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards ^[1] and for the 2014 Pat Lowther Award, ^[2] and her poem "Great Aunt Unmarried" won the CBC's Canada Writes award for poetry in 2012. ^[3]

She has also published short stories and essays in anthologies and literary magazines, and won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2021 Governor General's Awards for her book alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language . ^[4]

In 2022, she was selected to be the Poet Laureate of Kingston, Ontario for a term of four years. ^[5]

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and raised in Canada, ^[6] she currently resides in Kingston, Ontario. ^[6]

References

1. "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail , October 7, 2014.
2. "League of Canadian Poets announce finalists for three prizes". National Post , April 1, 2014.
3. "Sadiqa de Meijer wins CBC poetry prize". Toronto Star , September 25, 2012.
4. "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize" Archived 2023-10-30 at the Wayback Machine . Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.
5. "Poet Laureate | City of Kingston". 2024-06-10. Archived from the original on 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
6. "Poets in Profile: Sadiqa de Meijer, Winner of the 2012 CBC Canada Writes Poetry Prize". Open Book Ontario, October 19, 2012.