Ben Ladouceur (born 1987) is a Canadian writer, whose poetry collection ''Otter'' was a shortlisted nominee for the

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for Gay Poetry at the

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and won the

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in 2016. Born and raised in

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, Ladouceur is currently based in

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."Profile on Ben Ladouceur, with a few questions"
''Open Book Ontario'', June 17, 2015. Prior to ''Otter'', he published several poetry

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, including ''Three Knit Hats'' (2007), ''Dust and the Colour Orange'' (2008), ''Nuuk'' (2008), ''Alert'' (2009), ''The Argossey'' (2009), ''self-portrait as the bottom of the sea at the beginning of time'' (2011), ''Lime Kiln Quay Road'' (2011), ''Mutt'' (2011), ''Impossibly Handsome'' (2013) and ''Poem About the Train'' (2014), and wrote the

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''Other Men''. His work has been nominated for the

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, the John Newlove Poetry Award, the George Johnston Poetry Prize, and the John Lent Poetry Prize, and he was a winner of the Earle Birney Poetry Prize in 2013. In 2018, he was named a finalist for the

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for Canadian LGBTQ writers, and won the award on June 16. His newest poetry book, ''Mad Long Emotion'', is slated for publication in 2019."20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019"

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, January 25, 2019.

References

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