Alexandra Oliver
Canadian poet (born 1970)
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Alexandra Edith Amelia Basekic (née Oliver; born 1970) is a Canadian poet. She began as a Vancouver-based slam poet in the early 1990s,[1] and appeared in the 1998 documentary film SlamNation.[2] Oliver won the 2014 Pat Lowther Award for her collection Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway.
1970 (age 55–56)
- University of Toronto (MA, 1992)
- University of Southern Maine (MFA, 2012)
- McMaster University (PhD)
Alexandra Oliver | |
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| Born | Alexandra Edith Amelia Oliver 1970 (age 55–56) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Poet |
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| Period | 1990s–present |
| Notable awards | Pat Lowther Award (2014) |
| Spouse | Dragan Basekic |
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As of 2025, Oliver is an instructor at OCAD University.[3]
Early life and education
Alexandra Edith Amelia Oliver was born in Vancouver in 1970.[citation needed]
She received a Master of Arts in drama from the University of Toronto in 1992, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing in 2012,[4][non-primary source needed] and a Doctor of Philosophy in English and cultural studies from McMaster University.[5]
Awards and honours
Personal life
She is married to engineer Dragan Basekic,[10] and she is a parent.[11][non-primary source needed]
Publications
- Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway (2013)[2]
- Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters, co-editor with Annie Finch (2015)
- Let the Empire Down (2016)[12]
- On the Oven Sits a Maiden (chapbook) (2018)
- Hail the Invisible Watchman (2022)[13]
