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Sharon Thesen

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Sharon Thesen

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1946-01-01 (Tisdale, Saskatchewan)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Tisdale, Saskatchewan → Lake Country, British Columbia

Career

Occupations
poet, professor
Active Years
1980-2021
Affiliations
University of British Columbia Okanagan
Nominations
Confabulations (1984 Governor General's Award nominee), The Beginning of the Long Dash (1987 Governor General's Award nominee), The Good Bacteria (2006 Governor General's Award and Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize nominee)

Awards

Pat Lowther Award
2000
Work: A Pair of Scissors
Category: poetry
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Pair of Scissors

2000 poetry

The Good Bacteria

2006 poetry

Oyama Pink Shale

2011 poetry

The Receiver

2017 poetry

Bibliography

  • Artemis Hates Romance
  • Radio New France Radio
  • Holding the Pose
  • Confabulations
  • The Beginning of the Long Dash
  • The Pangs of Sunday
  • Aurora
  • News and Smoke: Selected Poems
  • A Pair of Scissors
  • Weeping Willow
  • The Good Bacteria
  • Oyama Pink Shale
  • The Receiver
  • The Wig-Maker

Legacy

Canadian poet who won the Pat Lowther Award. Teaches at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.

Archives

  • Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books