Anne Simpson

Anne Simpson

Anne Allison Simpson (born 1956) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

Simpson received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Queen’s University, and a diploma in Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Subsequently, she worked as a CUSO volunteer English teacher for two years in Nigeria. She has been the recipient of two Nova Scotia Arts Council grants and several Canada Council grants.

Simpson was the co-winner of the 1997 Journey Prize, awarded for her short story "Dreaming Snow". Her second collection of poetry, "Loop" (2003), was the winner of the 2004 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize.

Simpson lives with her family in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where she teaches part-time at St. Francis Xavier University.

Bibliography

Poetry

*"Light Falls Through You" - 2000 (winner of the Gerald Lampert Award and the Atlantic Poetry Prize) ISBN 0-7710-8077-8
*"Loop" - 2003 (shortlisted for the 2003 Governor General's Award, winner of the 2004 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize) ISBN 0-7710-8075-1
*"Quick" - 2007 ISBN 0-7710-8091-3 (winner of the 2008 Pat Lowther Award)

Novels

*"Canterbury Beach" - 2001 (shortlisted for the Thomas Head Raddall Award) ISBN 0-670-89484-2
*"Falling" - 2008 ISBN 978-0-7710-8090-6

Plays

*"Bluenose Billy's Magical Button Box" - with Ian Pygott, Shelley Thompson and Sheldon Currie
*"Letters to My Sister" - with Pam Calabrese MacLean

External links

* [http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/shortlist_2004.php?t=3 Griffin Poetry Prize biography, including audio and video clips]
* [http://www.writers.ns.ca/Writers/asimpson.html Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia profile]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=385 "Clocks of Rain" from "Quick", online at CBC Words at Large]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=384 "A Name, Many Names" from "Loop", online at CBC Words at Large]


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