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The Conception of Winter

by (author) Claire Harris

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Jun 1995
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864921635
    Publish Date
    Jun 1995
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Powerful yet serene, The Conception of Winter is about women, their friendships, loyalties, and pain. But most of all it about physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

About the author

Claire Harris is a Canadian poet of Trinidadian background who has produced eight collections of poems since her first volume, Fables from the Women's Quarters (1984), which won the Commonwealth Award for Poetry for the Americas Region. First released in 1992, Drawing Down a Daughter was nominated for the Governor General's Award for Poetry. Her work has been included in more than 70 anthologies and has been translated into German and Hindi. Claire Harris was born in Trinidad, West Indies, studied at University College, Dublin, where She earned a B.A. Honours in English. She came to Canada in 1966 and settled in Calgary. In 1975, during a study leave in Nigeria, she first wrote for publication and was encouraged by Nigerian poet, J.P. Clark. She also earned a Diploma in Communications from the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1975). After returning to Canada, Harris became active in the literary community in Calgary working as poetry editor at Dandelion from 1981-1989 and helping to found the all-Alberta magazine, blue buffalo, in 1983. She taught Grade Nine English in Calgary's Separate School system for 28 years, influencing generations of young people. Claire Harris is now retired and lives in Winnipeg.

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Editorial Reviews

"One of the best poets in the English language in Canada."

<i>Canadian Woman Studies</i>

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