John Pass (born 1947 in Sheffield, England) is a Canadian poet. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He has lived in Canada since 1953, and was educated at the University of British Columbia. The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna
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. The shortlisted nominees for the 2006 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 16.
Pass teaches English in the Adult Basic Education program at Capilano College. Capilano University (formerly known as Capilano College) is a Canadian degree-granting public university in British Columbia with its main campus in North He lives near Sakinaw Lake with his wife, poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan, and their three children. [1]
Four of his books of poetry are meant to form a linked quartet under the overall title, "At Large":[1]
- 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. Events Forward Poetry Prize created Dana Gioia, writing in The Atlantic Monthly suggests (in an article titled "Can Events Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million Events Griffin Poetry Prize is established with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English 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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