Carmine Starnino is a Canadian

Canada

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 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, essayist, educator, and editor

Editing

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He was born in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, into an Italian

Italian people

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 heritage. His first poetry collection The New World (1997) was nominated for the 1997 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry

Quebec Writers' Federation Awards

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 and the 1997 Gerald Lampert Award

Gerald Lampert Award

The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert...

. His second collection Credo (2000) won the 2001 Canadian Authors Associate Prize for Poetry and the 2001 David McKeen Award for Poetry. He has also written A Lover's Quarrel (2004), a book of essays on Canadian poetry, and With English Subtitles (2004), a third collection of poems. Starnino's fourth collection, This Way Out (2009), was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award in Poetry.

He is the editor of Signal Editions, and was formerly editor-in-chief of Maisonneuve

Maisonneuve (magazine)

Maisonneuve is a general interest magazine based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It publishes eclectic stories of national and international scope on the arts, culture and politics. Established in 2002 by Derek Webster, the magazine is named after Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, the founder of Montreal...

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Starnino is well known for the provocative nature of his criticism and pointedness of his opinions, which have incited a variety of heated counter-criticisms from other poets and
critiques.

Poetry

• The New World. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.
• Credo. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000.
• With English Subtitles. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press
  Gaspereau Press
  Gaspereau Press is a Canadian book publishing company, based in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Established in 1997 by Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield, the company's philosophy emphasizes "making books that reinstate the importance of the book as a physical object", maintaining control over the design and...
  
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• This Way Out. Kentville, N.S.: Gasperau Press, 2009.