Robert Currie
BIO
Biography

Robert Currie is a poet and fiction writer from Moose Jaw who taught at the Saskatchewan Summer School of th Arts and at The Sage Hill Writing Experience.  The author of 13 books, he feels blessed to have served two terms as Saskatchewan Poet Laureate and to have delivered the 2012 Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture for the League of Canadian Poets.

ADDRESS
City: Moose Jaw, Province/Territory: Saskatchewan
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GENRE
Poetry and fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Shimmers of Light: New and Selected Poems
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
2022
Title
One-Way Ticket
Publisher
Coteau Books
Year
2018
Title
The Days Run Away
Publisher
Coteau Books
Year
2015
Title
Living with the Hawk
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
2013
Title
Witness
Publisher
Hagios Press
Year
2009
Title
Running in Darkness
Publisher
Coteau Books
Year
2006
Title
Teaching Mr. Cutler
Publisher
Coteau Books
Year
2002
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
Publication
for a body of work
Year
2009
Name
Founder's Award from the Sa3skatchewan Writers' Guild
Publication
for contributions to Saskatchewan Literature
Year
1984
Name
3rd prize for poetry in the CBC Literary Competition
Publication
for "Brother," a sequence of poems later published in YARROW (Oberon Press)
Year
1980
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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Audience Size
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up to 100
Presentation Genre
poetry and fiction
Presentation Length
45 to 60 minutes
Presentation Description
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Readings from my work

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