Pat Lowther Memorial Award
2 appearances
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Edition 27 (2007) Winner
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Edition 35 (2015) Winner
Sina Queyras
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Sina Queyras
Profile
- Gender
- non-binary
- Born
- Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Manitoba, Canada
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Winnipeg → Kaslo → Terrace → Vancouver → Toronto → Montreal → New York → Philadelphia → Calgary
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, essayist, memoirist, editor, creative writing teacher
- Active Years
- 1995-2024
- Affiliations
- Concordia University, Haverford College, Rutgers University
- Nominations
- Governor General's Award for English-language poetry finalist (Expressway, 2009), amazon.ca First Novel Award finalist (Autobiography of Childhood), Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry finalist (MxT, 2014), Governor General's Award for English to French translation finalist (MxT translation, 2015)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pat Lowther Award | Lemon Hound | Poetry | — | Winner |
| 2007 | Lambda Literary Award | Lemon Hound | Lesbian Poetry | — | Winner |
| 2014 | A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry | MxT | Poetry | Quebec Writers' Federation Awards | Winner |
| 2016 | ReLit Award | MxT | Poetry | — | Winner |
Pat Lowther Award
2007
Work:
Lemon Hound
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Winner
Lambda Literary Award
2007
Work:
Lemon Hound
Category:
Lesbian Poetry
Result:
Winner
A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
2014
Work:
MxT
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
Result:
Winner
ReLit Award
2016
Work:
MxT
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
ReLit Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
Lemon Hound
2006 PoetryPoetry collection. Winner of Pat Lowther Award and Lambda Literary Award.
womenpoetry
Expressway
2009 PoetryPoetry collection. Finalist for Governor General's Award.
car culture
MxT
2014 PoetryPoetry collection. Winner of A.M. Klein Prize and ReLit Award.
griefmathematics
Translations
- Translated by Marie Frankland
Autobiography of Childhood
2011 NovelDebut novel. Finalist for amazon.ca First Novel Award.
Bibliography
- Someone from the Hollow
- Slip
- Teethmarks
- Lemon Hound
- Expressway
- MxT
- My Ariel
- Autobiography of Childhood
- Rooms: Women, Writing, Woolf
- Unleashed
- Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets
- The Outing
Translations by Author
- Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets (editor)
Translations of Works
- MxT (French translation by Marie Frankland)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- avant-garde
- Recurring Motifs
- griefwomennature
Legacy
Canadian poet and novelist known for winning several literary awards. Resides in Montreal and teaches at Concordia University.
Trivia
- Uses they/them pronouns as a non-binary poet.
- Lambda Literary Award winner in Lesbian Poetry category.