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George Elliott Clarke
George Elliott Clarke
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George Elliot Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1960. He studied at the University of Waterloo, Dalhousie, and Queen's. Always a poet, now also a playwright and screenwriter.
City:
Toronto, ON
Publications
Eyeing the North Star: Directions in African-Canadian Literature. editor. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997.
Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems, 1978-1993. Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1994.
Whylah Falls. Victoria, BC: Polestar, 1990.
Awards
Portia White Prize, 1998.
Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellowship, 1998.
Archibald Lampman Award for Whylah Falls, 1990.
Poetry Award, Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, 1981.
Eligible for National Public Readings Program:
Yes
