Douglas Burnet Smith
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Douglas Burnet Smith is a Canadian poet. He is the author of twelve volumes of poetry. His Voices from a Farther Room was nominated for the Governor General's Award
, the most prestigious literary award in Canada. In addition to winning numerous poetry awards, in 1989 Mr. Smith won The Malahat Review’s Long Poem Prize. He has also represented Canada at international writers’ festivals and has served as the President of the League of Canadian Poets and as Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission of Canada. His poetry has also been published in numerous literary periodicals and anthologies. He was twice a member of the Poetry Jury for the Canada Council for the Arts' Governor General's Literary Awards, in 1988 and again in 2011http://987321654.canadacouncil.net/en/archives/2011/Juries.aspx.
He currently teaches English literature and creative writing at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Helsinki Drift. (Beach Holme Books, 2002)
Chainletter. (Trout Lily Press, 2001)
The Killed. (Wolsak & Wynn, 2000)
Thaw. (Four Humours Press, 1977)
Scarecrow. (Turnstone Press, 1980)
Light of Our Bones. (Turnstone Press, 1980)
Living in the Cave of the Mouth. (Owl's Head Press, 1987)
Ladder to the Moon. (Brick Books, 1988)
The KnifeThrower's Partner. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1989)
Voices from a Farther Room. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1992)
Two Minutes for Holding. (House of Anansi, 1995)
The Windhorse Reader: Choice Poems of ’93, ed. John Castlebury (Yarmouth, N.S.), 1993.
Let The Earth Take Note: First Anthology of the Milton Acorn Festival 1987-91 (Charlottetown: Milton Acorn Festival Publishing, 1994.
Draft: An Anthology of Prairie Poetry, ed. Dennis Cooley, (Turnstone Press, 1981), 143-45.
Section Lines, ed. Marc Duncan, (Turnstone Press, 1988), 197-98.
The Lyric Paragraph, ed. Robert Allen, (D.C. Books, Montreal, 1987), 144-46.
Arrivals: Canadian Poetry in the Eighties, ed. Bruce Meyer The Greenfield Review, 1986), 185.
Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada ed. Anne Compton, Laurence Hutchman, Ross Leckie and Robin McGrath (Goose Lane, 2002) 163-66.
Chancellor's Prize for Poetry, University of Manitoba, 1973.
The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, 1989.
Governor General's Award for Poetry, finalist, 1993.
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
, the most prestigious literary award in Canada. In addition to winning numerous poetry awards, in 1989 Mr. Smith won The Malahat Review’s Long Poem Prize. He has also represented Canada at international writers’ festivals and has served as the President of the League of Canadian Poets and as Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission of Canada. His poetry has also been published in numerous literary periodicals and anthologies. He was twice a member of the Poetry Jury for the Canada Council for the Arts' Governor General's Literary Awards, in 1988 and again in 2011http://987321654.canadacouncil.net/en/archives/2011/Juries.aspx.
He currently teaches English literature and creative writing at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Works
Sister Prometheus. (Wolsak & Wynn, 2008)Helsinki Drift. (Beach Holme Books, 2002)
Chainletter. (Trout Lily Press, 2001)
The Killed. (Wolsak & Wynn, 2000)
Thaw. (Four Humours Press, 1977)
Scarecrow. (Turnstone Press, 1980)
Light of Our Bones. (Turnstone Press, 1980)
Living in the Cave of the Mouth. (Owl's Head Press, 1987)
Ladder to the Moon. (Brick Books, 1988)
The KnifeThrower's Partner. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1989)
Voices from a Farther Room. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1992)
Two Minutes for Holding. (House of Anansi, 1995)
Poetry published in anthologies
New Life in Dark Seas, ed. Stan Dragland (Brick Books, 2000), 126.The Windhorse Reader: Choice Poems of ’93, ed. John Castlebury (Yarmouth, N.S.), 1993.
Let The Earth Take Note: First Anthology of the Milton Acorn Festival 1987-91 (Charlottetown: Milton Acorn Festival Publishing, 1994.
Draft: An Anthology of Prairie Poetry, ed. Dennis Cooley, (Turnstone Press, 1981), 143-45.
Section Lines, ed. Marc Duncan, (Turnstone Press, 1988), 197-98.
The Lyric Paragraph, ed. Robert Allen, (D.C. Books, Montreal, 1987), 144-46.
Arrivals: Canadian Poetry in the Eighties, ed. Bruce Meyer The Greenfield Review, 1986), 185.
Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada ed. Anne Compton, Laurence Hutchman, Ross Leckie and Robin McGrath (Goose Lane, 2002) 163-66.
Awards
Dallas Taylor Memorial Prize, 1972.Chancellor's Prize for Poetry, University of Manitoba, 1973.
The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, 1989.
Governor General's Award for Poetry, finalist, 1993.
See also
- http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/smithd.htm<