John Terpstra (born in
Brockville, Ontario
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) is a
Canadian poet and
carpenter
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.
During much of his childhood, he lived in
Edmonton,
Alberta, but moved back to Ontario to attend high school in
Hamilton, where he lives today.
Released a spoken-word recording of his poems in 2000, called "Nod Me In, Shake Me Out", with composer, arranger and producer Bart Nameth, violinist Hugh Marsh, and others.
Education
*
Trinity Christian College,
Chicago
*
University of Toronto
Awards and recognition
* 1988:
Bressani Prize
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, "Forty Days and Forty Nights"
* 1992: CBC Radio Literary Competition, "Captain Kintail"
* 2004: poetry finalist,
Governor General's Awards, ''Disarmament''
* 2006: finalist,
Charles Taylor Prize, BC Award for Canadian Non-fiction, ''The Boys, or Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter''
Bibliography
* 1982: ''Scrabbling for Repose'' (Split Reed)
* 1987: ''Forty Days and Forty Nights'' (Netherlandic)
* 1990: ''Naked Trees'' (Netherlandic)
* 1992: ''Captain Kintail'' (Netherlandic)
* 1997: ''The Church Not Made With Hands'' (Wolsak and Wynn)
* 1998: ''Devil's Punch Bowl'' (St Thomas Poetry Series)
* 2000: ''Restoration'' (Gaspereau)
* 2002: ''Falling Into Place'' (Gaspereau)
* 2003: ''Disarmament'' (Gaspereau)
* 2005: ''Brendan Luck'' (Gaspereau)
* 2005: ''The Boys, or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter'' (Gaspereau)
* 2006: ''Two or Three Guitars: Selected Poems'' (Gaspereau)
*2012: ''Naked Trees'' (Wolsak and Wynn)
*2014: ''This Orchard Sound'' (Wolsak and Wynn)
*2016: ''In the Company of All'' (St Thomas Poetry Series)
*2018: ''Daylighting Chedoke: Exploring Hamilton's Hidden Creek'' (Wolsak and Wynn)
*2020: ''Wild Hope: Prayers & Poems'' (St Thomas Poetry Series)
External links
''Image Journal'': John Terpstra September 2000, accessed 21 July 2006
accessed 21 July 2006
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Canadian poets
Canadian male poets
Writers from Edmonton
Writers from Ontario
People from Brockville
University of Toronto alumni
21st-century Canadian poets
20th-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian male writers
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