Griffin Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2017) Winner
Jordan Abel
ジョーダン・アベル
Jōdan Aberu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → Barrie, Ontario, Canada → Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- Academic, Poet
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta, Faculty of Arts
- Nominations
- Gerald Lampert Award finalist (2014), Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction shortlist (2021), Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist (2023)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | English with Creative Writing | B.A. | — | Canada |
| University of British Columbia | — | Creative Writing | M.F.A. | — | Canada |
| Simon Fraser University | — | English | Ph.D. | — | Canada |
University of Alberta
Faculty of Arts
/ English with Creative Writing
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
2008
Country:
Canada
University of British Columbia
Creative Writing
Degree:
M.F.A.
Year of Graduation:
2012
Country:
Canada
Simon Fraser University
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
2019
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize | The Place of Scraps | — | BC and Yukon Book Prizes | won |
| 2017 | Griffin Poetry Prize | Injun | — | Griffin Trust | won |
| 2024 | Governor General's Award for English-language fiction | Empty Spaces | — | Governor General's Awards | won |
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
2014
Work:
The Place of Scraps
Organization:
BC and Yukon Book Prizes
Result:
won
Griffin Poetry Prize
2017
Work:
Injun
Organization:
Griffin Trust
Result:
won
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
2024
Work:
Empty Spaces
Organization:
Governor General's Awards
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Governor General's Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 89 (2024) WinnerWork: Empty Spaces
A hypnotic and mystifying exploration of land and legacy, investigating what it means to be an intergenerational, Indigenous survivor of Residential Schools Jordan Abel’s new work grows out of the groundbreaking visual expression in his recently published NISHGA, a book that combined nonfiction with photography, concrete poetry, and literary inquiry. Whereas NISHGA integrated descriptions of the landscape from James…
A hypnotic and mystifying exploration of land and legacy, investigating what it means to be an intergenerational, Indigenous survivor of Residential Schools Jordan Abel’s new work grows out of the groundbreaking visual…
225 pagesLiterary CriticismhistoryviolenceIndigenous experiencecolonialism
Works
Major Works
The Place of Scraps
2013 PoetryConceptual poetry using Marius Barbeau's ethnography on totem poles.
Settler-colonialismIndigenous culture
Un/inhabited
2015 PoetryPoetry addressing settler-colonialism.
LandSettlement
Injun
2016 PoetryPoems based on 91 Western novels from the past three centuries.
Indigenous representationColonial texts
NISHGA
2020 MemoirMemoir exploring Nisga'a identity.
Indigenous identityFamily history
Empty Spaces
2023 NovelConceptual novel.
Settler-colonialism
Bibliography
- The Place of Scraps (2013)
- Un/inhabited (2015)
- Injun (2016)
- NISHGA (2020)
- Empty Spaces (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Conceptual poetryCut-up and sampling of colonial texts
- Recurring Motifs
- Totem polesWestern novelsIndigenous erasure
Legacy
Innovative poet addressing settler-colonialism through conceptual approaches. Multiple award winner.
Trivia
- Son of a Nisga'a father and white mother.