Laurie Block (1949–2018) was a

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and educator. Born in

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, he studied at the

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and the

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Annual Contest, 1990 *First place in the Manitoba Writers' Guild Writing Contest, 1993 *Third place, ''dANDelion'' Poetry Contest, 1994 *First place in the Manitoba Writers' Guild Writing Contest, 1994 *Honourable Mention, League of Canadian Poets Annual Contest, 1997 and 1990. *Honourable Mention, ''Arc Magazine'' poem of the year contest, 1998 *Second and third prize, Bliss Carman Poetry Award, 1999 *First prize, Prairie Fire Fiction Contest 2003 *Gold Medal Award for short fiction, National Magazine Awards, Canada, 2004 *Winner,

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, 2007

References

* *denotes obituary which appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 1, 2018

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Laurie Block

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