Carolyn Marie Souaid
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Carolyn Marie Souaid is a Canadian poet, educator, publisher and editor.
, Quebec, she studied at McGill University
, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (1981) and a diploma in Education (1983), and at Concordia University
, where she earned a Master of Arts in Creative Writing (1995). Her first poetry collection, Swimming into the Light, won the David McKeen Award for Poetry in 1996. Her books have been nominated for a number of literary awards in Canada including the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the Pat Lowther Award
.
Souaid’s work focuses on pivotal moments in Québécois history and on the difficult bridging of worlds (English/French; native/non-native). In 2010, she and longtime poetic collaborator Endre Farkas produced Blood is Blood, a controversial video-poem dealing with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
.
Well known for her activism on the Montreal literary scene, Souaid co-produced Poetry in Motion in 2004 (which brought poems to Montreal buses) and Circus of Words / Cirque des mots, a multidisciplinary, multilingual cabaret showcasing the “theatre” of poetry. In 2009, she co-founded Poetry Quebec, an online review dedicated to the English language poetry and poets of Quebec. From 2008 to 2011, she served as poetry editor for Signature Editions, one of Canada’s top publishers of poetry.
Souaid has lived most of her life in Montreal, except for three years spent teaching in Inuit
villages along Quebec’s Hudson-Ungava coast in the early 1980s.
Biography
Born and raised in MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec, she studied at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (1981) and a diploma in Education (1983), and at Concordia University
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
, where she earned a Master of Arts in Creative Writing (1995). Her first poetry collection, Swimming into the Light, won the David McKeen Award for Poetry in 1996. Her books have been nominated for a number of literary awards in Canada including the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the Pat Lowther Award
Pat Lowther Award
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. It is presented in honour of poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.-Winners:*1981 - M...
.
Souaid’s work focuses on pivotal moments in Québécois history and on the difficult bridging of worlds (English/French; native/non-native). In 2010, she and longtime poetic collaborator Endre Farkas produced Blood is Blood, a controversial video-poem dealing with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
.
Well known for her activism on the Montreal literary scene, Souaid co-produced Poetry in Motion in 2004 (which brought poems to Montreal buses) and Circus of Words / Cirque des mots, a multidisciplinary, multilingual cabaret showcasing the “theatre” of poetry. In 2009, she co-founded Poetry Quebec, an online review dedicated to the English language poetry and poets of Quebec. From 2008 to 2011, she served as poetry editor for Signature Editions, one of Canada’s top publishers of poetry.
Souaid has lived most of her life in Montreal, except for three years spent teaching in Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
villages along Quebec’s Hudson-Ungava coast in the early 1980s.
Poetry
- Swimming into the Light. Nuage Editions, 1995. ISBN 0-921-833-43-1
- October. Nuage Editions, 1999. ISBN 0-921833-67-9
- Snow Formations. Signature Editions, 2002. ISBN 0-921833-85-7
- Satie’s Sad Piano. Signature Editions, 2005. ISBN 1-897109-01-6
- Flight. Rubicon Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9781616-4-4
- Paper Oranges. Signature Editions, 2008. ISBN 1-897109-31-8
- Blood is Blood. Signature Editions, 2010. ISBN 1-897109-46-6
Editor (Selected Publications)
- Freedom: Anthology of Canadian Poets for Turkish Resistance. Poetas.com, 2006. ISBN 1-894879-12-0
- Quotidian Fever: New and Selected Poems of Endre Farkas 1974-2004. The Muses’ Company, 2007. ISBN 1-897289-21-9