Erin Mouré

Erín Moure (born 17 April 1955) is a Canadian poet.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, she studied at the University of Calgary and the University of British Columbia. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Works

*"Empire, York Street" - 1979 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
*"Wanted Alive" - 1983
*"Domestic Fuel" - 1985 (winner of the Pat Lowther Award)
*"Furious" - 1988 (winner of the 1988 Governor General's Award for poetry)
*"WSW" - 1989
*"Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love" - 1992
*"Two Women Talking: Correspondence 1985-1987" - 1994 (with Bronwen Wallace)
*"The Green Word: Selected Poems: 1973-1992" - 1994
*"Search Procedures" - 1996 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
*"A Frame of the Book" - 1999
*"Pillage Laud" - 1999
*"Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person" - 2001 (shortlisted for the 2002 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
*"O Cidadán" - 2002 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
*"Little theatres" - 2005 (winner of the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, nominated for a Governor General's Award, nominated for the Pat Lowther Award, shortlisted for the 2006 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
*"O Cadoiro" - 2007
*"Notebook of Roses and Civilization" - 2007, translation with Robert Majzels of Nicole Brossard's "Cahier de roses & de civilisation" (nominated for a Governor General's Award; shortlisted for the 2008 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)

External links

* [http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com//shortlist_2002.php?t=2#a2 Griffin Poetry Prize biography, including audio clip]
* [http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/moure/index.htm Erín Moure homepage at U. Toronto]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=477 Poet of the Month from CBC Words at Large (July 2007)]
* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080604.wgriffin04/BNStory/Entertainment/home Globe and Mail: An athlete in the extreme sport of poetry]