Annick MacAskill is a Canadian poet from Halifax, Nova Scotia,[1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for her collection Shadow Blight.[2]
Born in London, Ontario, and a Ph.D. graduate of the University of Western Ontario, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Saint Mary's University. She has published two prior poetry collections, No Meeting Without Body (2018) and Murmurations (2020).
Shadow Blight was shortlisted for the 2023 Pat Lowther Award.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Two Nova Scotians nominated for 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards". SaltWire Network, October 12, 2022.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction". Toronto Star, November 16, 2022.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2023 Book Awards shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 20, 2023.
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