John Pass

John Pass (born 1947 in Sheffield, England) is a Canadian poet. He has lived in Canada since 1953, and was educated at the University of British Columbia.

He has published 16 books of poetry since 1971. His book "Stumbling in the Bloom" won the 2006 Governor General's Award for English poetry.

Pass teaches English in the Adult Basic Education program at Capilano College. He lives near Sakinaw Lake with his wife, poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan, and their three children. [http://www.writersfestival.ca/bios/13_pass.htm] Web page titled "Meet the Writers: John Pass" at the Web stie for the Festival of the Winter Arts, accessed October 6, 2007]

Four of his books of poetry are meant to form a linked quartet under the overall title, "At Large":
* "The Hour's Acropolis" (Harbour, 1991)
* "Radical Innocence" (Harbour, 1994)
* " Water Stair" (Oolichan, 2000)
* "Stumbling in the Bloom" (Oolichan, 2005)

Works

* "Taking Place", 1971
* "The Kenojuak Prints", 1973
* "AIR 18", 1973 (ISSN 0044-6947)
* "Port of Entry", 1975
* "Love's Confidence", 1976
* "Blossom: An Accompaniment", 1978
* "There Go the Cars", 1979 (ISBN 0-920580-02-5)
* "An Arbitrary Dictionary", 1984 (ISBN 0-88910-284-8)
* "Rugosa", 1991 (ISBN 1-895362-22-11)
* "The Hour's Acropolis", 1991 (ISBN 1-55017-043-0) shortlisted for the 1993 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
* "Radical Innocence", 1994 (ISBN 1-55017-107-0)
* "Mud Bottom", 1996
* "Water Stair", 2000 (ISBN 0-88982-179-8)
* "nowrite.doc", 2004
* "Twinned Towers", 2005
* "Stumbling in the Bloom", 2005 (ISBN 0-88982-201-8) winner of the 2006 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry

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