Annick MacAskill is a
Canadian poet from
Halifax,
Nova Scotia, who won the
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
This is a list of recipients and nominees of the Governor General's Awards award for English-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama was divided.2022 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022,Adina Bresge"Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards" ''Toronto Star'', October 12, ...
for her collection ''
Shadow Blight''.
[Deborah Dundas]
"Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction"
''Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...
'', November 16, 2022.
Born in
London,
Ontario, and a Ph.D. graduate of the
University of Western Ontario, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures at
Saint Mary's University. She has published two prior poetry collections, ''No Meeting Without Body'' (2018) and ''Murmurations'' (2020).
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21st-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian women poets
Governor General's Award-winning poets
University of Western Ontario alumni
Academic staff of the Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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