Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (2019) Winner
Tess Liem
テス・リエム
Tessu Riemu
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 2018-2023
- Nominations
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry (31st), Pat Lowther Award longlist
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gerald Lampert Award | Obits | — | League of Canadian Poets | winner |
Gerald Lampert Award
2019
Work:
Obits
Organization:
League of Canadian Poets
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Obits
2018 poetry collectionDebut poetry collection. Named one of the best Canadian poetry collections of 2018.
Slows: Twice
2023 poetry collectionPoetry collection featuring the mirror as central image, with the second half mirroring the first formally. Full of versions, inversions, and revisions of the self.
mirrorselfrepetition
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- formal inventivenesspoised and raw tone
- Recurring Motifs
- mirroringself-inversions
Legacy
Canadian poet whose debut Obits won the Gerald Lampert Award. Praised for formal inventiveness.