Stephanie Bolster
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Stephanie Bolster | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Occupation | Poet, professor |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | BFA (1991), MFA (1994), University of British Columbia |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Employer | Concordia University |
| Notable works | White Stone: The Alice Poems |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award for Poetry (1998) |
Stephanie Bolster (born 1969)[1] is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal.[2]
She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the University of British Columbia.[3][4] Her first book, White Stone: The Alice Poems, won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1998. Bolster's current project, "Long Exposure", is a book-length poem that takes as its starting point Robert Polidori's post-disaster photographs of New Orleans and Chernobyl.[5]
In 2004, Bolster edited and published The Ishtar Gate, featuring the poetry of Dutch-Canadian poet Diana Brebner.[6] Bolster also acknowledged the support of Hendrika Ruger in previously publishing Brebner's work in years prior.[7]
Awards
- 1993 Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing
- 1996 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for Poetry
- 1997 Contemporary Verse 2 poetry competition
- 1997 The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize
- 1998 Governor General's Award
- 1998 Poetry Chapbook Contest, Mother Tongue Press
- 1999 Gerald Lampert Award
- 2000 Lampman-Scott Award
- 2003 Great Blue Heron Poetry Competition, The Antigonish Review
