Stephanie Bolster
Encyclopedia
Stephanie Bolster is a Canadian
poet who lives in Montreal
, Quebec
, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University. She was at one point a writer in residence at York House School
.
for English language poetry, and Two Bowls of Milk won the 2000 Lampman-Scott Award.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
poet who lives in Montreal
Montreal
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
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University. She was at one point a writer in residence at York House School
York House School
York House School is an independent girls school for junior kindergarten through grade 12 located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood in the heart of Vancouver. Founded in 1932 as a Canadian school for girls, it adopted an English motto as opposed...
.
Awards
Her collection White Stone: The Alice Poems won the 1998 Governor General's AwardGovernor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
for English language poetry, and Two Bowls of Milk won the 2000 Lampman-Scott Award.
Works
- Three Bloody Words (chapbook). (above/ground press (Ottawa), 1996).
- Inside A Tent of Skin: 9 Poems from the National Gallery of Ottawa. (MotherTongue Press, 1998).
- White Stone: The Alice Poems. (Véhicule Editions, 1998).
- Two Bowls of Milk. (McClelland & Stewart, 1999).
- Pavilion (McClelland & Stewart, 2002).