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Joseph Howard Sherman

ジョゼフ・ハワード・シャーマン

Josefu Hawādo Shāman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945 (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia)
Died
2006-01-09 (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) age 61
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism

Career

Occupations
poet, visual arts editor
Active Years
1969-2006

Awards

Order of Canada
2003
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Birthday

1969 poetry

Poetry collection

Chaim the Slaughterer

1974 poetry

Poetry collection

Lords of Shouting

1982 poetry

Poetry collection

Thought Games/Other Voices

1983 poetry

Poetry collection

American Standard and Other Poems

1999 poetry

Poetry collection

Worried into Being: An Unfinished Alphabet

2005 poetry

Poetry collection

Bibliography

  • Birthday (New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1969)
  • Chaim the Slaughterer (Oberon Press, 1974)
  • Lords of Shouting (Oberon Press, 1982)
  • Thought Games/Other Voices (The League of Canadian Poets, 1983)
  • Translations Two (Privately published, 1984)
  • Transcription (9 years after) (CCAG&M, 1998)
  • American Standard and Other Poems (Oberon Press, 1999)
  • Worried into Being: An Unfinished Alphabet (Oberon Press, 2005)
  • Beautiful Veins (Acorn Press, 2006)

Legacy

Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. Named to the Order of Canada in 2003. Published several poetry collections.

Trivia

  • Husband to Ann Sherman. Father of Rebekah Sherman Condon and Matthew Sherman.