Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Charlene Winger
Brian Henderson
BIO
Biography

Brian Henderson is the author of 13 collections of poetry, including The Alphamiricon, a deck of visual poem-cards originally published by UnderWhich now available on UbuWeb's visual poetry site: http://www.ubu.com/vp/Henderson.html. His latest volume is Unidentified Poetic Object from Brick Books; forthcoming in April 2022 (from MQUP) is unfinishing
Sharawadji (Brick, 2011), was a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry. Nerve Language (Pedlar), was a finalist for the 2007 Governor General’s Award for Poetry.
His work has appeared in a number of literary journals over the years and he was a founding editor of RUNE. He has a PhD in Canadian literature and has recently retired from the directorship of Wilfrid Laurier University Press which he brought to international attention. He lives with his wife, Charlene Winger, in Grey Highlands Ontario.

ADDRESS
City: Grey Highlands, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
unfinishing
Publisher
McGill-Queens University Press
Year
2022
Title
unidentified poetic object
Publisher
Brick Books
Year
2019
Title
[OR]
Publisher
Talon Books
Year
2014
Title
Sharawadji
Publisher
Brick Books
Year
2011
Title
Nerve Language
Publisher
Pedlar Press
Year
2007
Title
Light in Dark Objects
Publisher
Exstasis
Year
2000
Title
Year Zero
Publisher
Brick Books
Year
1995
Title
Smoking Mirror
Publisher
ECW
Year
1990
Title
The Alphamiricon
Publisher
UnderWhich Editions/ubu.com
Year
1987/2012
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Raymond Souster Award
Name
longlist
Publication
unidentified poetic object
Year
2020
Name
Charmers Award
Name
finalist
Publication
Sharawadji
Year
2011
Name
Governor General’s Award
Name
finalist
Publication
Nerve Language
Year
2008
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