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Daniel Scott Tysdal

だにえる・すこっと・たいずだる

Danieru Sukotto Taisudaru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1978-05-26 (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)
Nationality
カナダ, Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (birthplace and raised) → Toronto (current)

Career

Occupations
Poet, Film director, Filmmaker, Lecturer
Active Years
2006-2024
Affiliations
University of Toronto Scarborough
Nominations
Shortlisted for Brenda MacDonald Riches Award (2006), Shortlisted for ReLit Award (2022, short fiction)

Education

University of Regina
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: Canada
Acadia University
English
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 2006
Country: Canada
University of Toronto
Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 2008
Country: Canada

Awards

ReLit Award
2007
Work: Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method
Category: Poetry
Result: 受賞
John V. Hicks Manuscript Award
2004
Work: Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method
Result: 受賞
Anne Szumigalski Award
2006
Work: Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method
Category: 最優秀詩集
Organization: Saskatchewan Book Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method

2006 Poetry

First poetry collection approaching lyric poetry experimentally, mixing pop culture, philosophy, mythology, and visual art.

lossredemptionselfhoodcommunitypop culturezombies

The Mourner's Book of Albums

2010 Poetry

Poetry collection themed around mourner's book of albums.

mourningloss

Fauxccasional Poems

2015 Poetry

Collection of faux occasional poems.

Waveforms and Doom Scrolls

2021 Short story collection

Debut full-length short story collection.

Bibliography

  • Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method (2006)
  • The Mourner's Book of Albums (2010)
  • Fauxccasional Poems (2015)
  • Dear Adolf (2012)
  • Waveforms and Doom Scrolls (2021)
  • The Writing Moment: A Practical Guide to Creating Poems (2013)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental lyricconcrete poetryvisual art elementspop culture integrationsatirepun
Recurring Motifs
pop culturephilosophymythologyvisual artzombiescontemporary experiences

Legacy

Canadian poet and filmmaker known for experimental poetry, winner of ReLit Award. Lecturer at University of Toronto Scarborough.

Trivia

  • Raised on a farm.
  • First place in Eye Weekly Short Story Contest (2008).