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George Swede

photo: Garbis, 1997

George Swede received his B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and his M.A. from Dalhousie University in 1965. His poetry, fiction and non-fiction have appeared in numerous books, anthologies, periodicals and miscellaneous publications around the world.

PUBLICATIONS:

White Thoughts, Blue Mind. Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010

Joy In Me Still. Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010

First Light, First Shadows. Liverpool, U.K.: Snapshot Press, 2006

Almost Unseen: Selected Haiku by George Swede. Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000.

There Will Always be a Sky. editor. Toronto: Houghton Mifflin/Nelson, 1993.

I Want to Lasso Time. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1991.

Time is Flies. Toronto: Three Trees Press, 1984.

Tell-Tale Feathers. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1978.

AWARDS:

First Prize, The Snapshot Press Tanka Collection Competition , 2005

Japan Foundation Grant for tour of Japan, 1997.

First Prize, Free Style, Mainichi Daily News Haiku in English Contest, 1993.

Japan Air Lines Foundation Grant for tour of Japan, 1990.

Co-winner, mini-chapbook competition for All of Her Shadows, 1982.

"Our Choice" award for 5 books of poetry for children: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992.

EMAIL: gswede@ican.net

WEB: http://home.primus.ca/~swede/

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