Liz Howard is a
Canadian
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writer.
["'Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent' by Liz Howard"]
. ''The Winnipeg Review'', September 15, 2015. Her debut poetry collection, ''Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent'', was a shortlisted nominee for 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.2015 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2015,[Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.
Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...]
.
Originally from
Northern Ontario
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, Howard is of
Anishinaabe
The Anishinaabeg (adjectival: Anishinaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, ...
descent.
"Two debut poetry collections mix technical language with themes of identity, selfhood and race"
''The Globe and Mail
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'', May 15, 2015. She studied cognitive neuroscience
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at the University of Toronto
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Works
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See also
*Canadian literature
Canadian literature is the literature of a multicultural country, written in languages including Canadian English, Canadian French, Indigenous languages, and many others such as Canadian Gaelic. Influences on Canadian writers are broad both ge ...
*Canadian poetry
Canadian poetry is poetry of or typical of Canada. The term encompasses poetry written in Canada or by Canadian people in the official languages of English and French, and an increasingly prominent body of work in both other European and Indigenou ...
*List of Canadian poets
This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "earin poetry" articles.
A
*Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Acquelin ...
References
External links
Biography, poetry excerpts from Griffin Poetry Prize website
21st-century Canadian poets
Canadian women poets
First Nations poets
First Nations women writers
Writers from Ontario
University of Toronto alumni
Living people
21st-century Canadian women writers
21st-century First Nations writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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