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Sadiqa de Meijer is a
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poet. Her debut collection, ''Leaving Howe Island'', was a 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.2014 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2014,"Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled"
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'', October 7, 2014.
and for the 2014
Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.CBC's Canada Writes award for poetry in 2012. She has also published short stories and essays in anthologies and literary magazines, and won the
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction The Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in English. Since 1987 it is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Litera ...
at the 2021 Governor General's Awards for her book '' alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language''."Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize"
''Coast Reporter'', November 17, 2021.
Born in
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and raised in Canada,"Poets in Profile: Sadiqa de Meijer, Winner of the 2012 CBC Canada Writes Poetry Prize"
''Open Book Ontario'', October 19, 2012.
she currently resides in Kingston,
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Living people Canadian women poets 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian women short story writers Meijer, Sadiqa Writers from Kingston, Ontario Meijer, Sadiqa 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian essayists Canadian women essayists Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-poet-stub