Anne Compton (born 1947) is a

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poet,

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, and

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Biography

Compton was born and raised in the farming community of Bangor,

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. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the

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, her Masters from

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and her PhD from the

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.https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/arts/departments/english/people/annecompton.html Anne Compton UNB Faculty Biography Until retiring to write full-time in 2012, Dr. Compton taught

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and creative writing for the Department of Humanities and Languages at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, where she also served as Writer-in-Residence and, for many years, the Director of the Lorenzo Reading Series. She serves on the New Brunswick Arts Board.

Awards and recognition

Opening the Island

Shortlisted – Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (2002) Won –

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(2003)UPEI

Processional

Won –

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for poetry in English (2005) Won – Atlantic Poetry Prize (2006) Shortlisted – Pat Lowther Prize

Asking Questions Indoors and Out

Shortlisted – Atlantic Poetry Prize (2010)

Other recognition

*2007 Featured writer at the ''Maritime Writers' Workshop & Literary Festival'' in

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. *2008 Winner –

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Award for excellence in English language literary arts, presented by the New Brunswick Arts Board *2008 Winner – National Magazine Award in Poetry *2012 Winner – Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal *2014 Winner –

Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for High Achievement in the Arts , previously called the Excellence Awards Program, is an award given annually by the New Brunswick Arts Board to recognise outstanding contribution by artists to the arts in New Bru ...

Publications

Scholarship

*''A.J.M. Smith: Canadian Metaphysical'' (1994) *''The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island'' (editor, 2002) *''Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada'' (co-editor, 2002) *''Meetings with Maritime Poets'' (2006)

Poetry

*''Opening the Island'' (2003) *''Processional'' (2005) *''Asking Questions Indoors and Out'' (2009) *''Alongside'' (2013)

Selected anthologies

*New Canadian Poetry (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2000) *Following the Plough: Recovering the Rural (Black Moss Press, 2000) *Landmarks: an Anthology of New Atlantic Poetry (The Acorn Press, 2001) *Modern Canadian Poets (Carcanet, 2010)

References

External links

The 2005 Governor General's Literary AwardsAnne Compton Wins Governor General Award in Poetry
*New Brunswick Literature Curriculum in English: Anne Compto
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