Spotted Towhee

by | Dec 27, 2017 | Towhees

How Can We Help?
You are here:
< Back

Sadiqa de Meijer is a Canadian poet. Her debut collection, Leaving Howe Island, was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards[1] and for the 2014 Pat Lowther Award,[2] and her poem "Great Aunt Unmarried" won the CBC's Canada Writes award for poetry in 2012.[3]

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 at the 2021 Governor General's Awards for her book alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language.[4]

In 2022, she was selected to be the Poet Laureate of Kingston, Ontario for a term of four years.[5]

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and raised in Canada,[6] she currently resides in Kingston, Ontario.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "League of Canadian Poets announce finalists for three prizes". National Post, April 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sadiqa de Meijer wins CBC poetry prize". Toronto Star, September 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize". Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Poet Laureate | City of Kingston". 2024-06-10. Archived from the original on 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  6. ^ a b "Poets in Profile: Sadiqa de Meijer, Winner of the 2012 CBC Canada Writes Poetry Prize". Open Book Ontario, October 19, 2012.


Categories
Table of Contents