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'''Alice Major''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] poet, writer, and essayist, who served as [[poet laureate]] of [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poetrymap.ca/profile.php?PoetID=2 |title= |
'''Alice Major''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] poet, writer, and essayist, who served as [[poet laureate]] of [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poetrymap.ca/profile.php?PoetID=2 |title=Alice Major Edmonton, Alberta Poet Laureate |access-date=2010-01-21 |archive-date=2012-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220160957/http://www.poetrymap.ca/profile.php?PoetID=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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She has published 12 collections of poetry and a collection of essays on poetry and science. Her work has received multiple awards, most recently an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Townsend |first1=Sean |title=U of A names honorary degree recipients for 2019 fall convocation |url=https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2019/10/u-of-a-names-honorary-degree-recipients-for-2019-fall-convocation.html |website=University of Alberta |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
She has published 12 collections of poetry and a collection of essays on poetry and science. Her work has received multiple awards, most recently an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Townsend |first1=Sean |title=U of A names honorary degree recipients for 2019 fall convocation |url=https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2019/10/u-of-a-names-honorary-degree-recipients-for-2019-fall-convocation.html |website=University of Alberta |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2017 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Major |url=https://artsawards.ca/artist/alice-major/ |website=The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* 2017 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Major |url=https://artsawards.ca/artist/alice-major/ |website=The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2016 Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, for ''Standard Candles.<ref>{{cite web |title=BPAA Awards Winners Announced |url=http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Media-Release-AB-Book-Publishing-Awards-2015-Winners.pdf |website=Book Publishers Association of Alberta |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* 2016 Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, for ''Standard Candles.<ref>{{cite web |title=BPAA Awards Winners Announced |url=http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Media-Release-AB-Book-Publishing-Awards-2015-Winners.pdf |website=Book Publishers Association of Alberta |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2012 National Magazine Award Gold Medal (essay category) for “The Ultraviolet Catastrophe.”<ref>{{cite web |title=The Winners of the 35th anniversary National Magazine Awards! |url=https://magazine-awards.com/en/2012/06/07/35th-national-magazine-awards-winners/ |website=National Magazine Awards |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* 2012 National Magazine Award Gold Medal (essay category) for “The Ultraviolet Catastrophe.”<ref>{{cite web |title=The Winners of the 35th anniversary National Magazine Awards! |url=https://magazine-awards.com/en/2012/06/07/35th-national-magazine-awards-winners/ |website=National Magazine Awards |date=8 June 2012 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2012 [[Alberta Literary Awards#Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize External links|Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-fiction]], for ''Intersecting Sets.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helm |first1=Richard |title=Edmonton writers dominate awards |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/books/edmonton-writers-dominate-awards |website=Edmonton Journal |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* 2012 [[Alberta Literary Awards#Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize External links|Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-fiction]], for ''Intersecting Sets.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helm |first1=Richard |title=Edmonton writers dominate awards |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/books/edmonton-writers-dominate-awards |website=Edmonton Journal |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2011 [[Alberta Literary Awards#Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize External links|Stephan G. Stephansson Award]] for ''Memory’s Daughter.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mather |first1=Nicholas |title=2011 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for |
* 2011 [[Alberta Literary Awards#Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize External links|Stephan G. Stephansson Award]] for ''Memory’s Daughter.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mather |first1=Nicholas |title=2011 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Memory's Daughter. |url=https://www.theatrealberta.com/2011/06/23/2011-alberta-literary-awards-winners-announced/ |website=Theatre Alberta|date=24 June 2011 }}</ref> |
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* 2009 [[Pat Lowther Award]] for ''The Office Tower Tales.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Lowther Memorial Award |url=https://poets.ca/awards/lowther/ |website=League of Canadian Poets |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* 2009 [[Pat Lowther Award]] for ''The Office Tower Tales.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Lowther Memorial Award |url=https://poets.ca/awards/lowther/ |website=League of Canadian Poets |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2001 [[The Malahat Review|Malahat Review]] Long Poem Competition.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Melissa |title=Unconventional Insight: Melissa Stephens in Conversation with Alice Major |url=http://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/major_interview.html |website=The Malahat Review |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* 2001 [[The Malahat Review|Malahat Review]] Long Poem Competition.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Melissa |title=Unconventional Insight: Melissa Stephens in Conversation with Alice Major |url=http://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/major_interview.html |website=The Malahat Review |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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=== Presentations/Papers (selected) === |
=== Presentations/Papers (selected) === |
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* ''Scansion and Science –'' The Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture, Toronto, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Szumigalski Lecture Series |url=https://poets.ca/szumigalski/ |website=League of Canadian Poets |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* ''Scansion and Science –'' The Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture, Toronto, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Szumigalski Lecture Series |url=https://poets.ca/szumigalski/ |website=League of Canadian Poets |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* ''A superposition of brains'' – Provost’s Lecture at Stony Brook University of New York (cosponsored by the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook and the C.K. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics).<ref>{{cite web |title=September 17 |
* ''A superposition of brains'' – Provost’s Lecture at Stony Brook University of New York (cosponsored by the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook and the C.K. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics).<ref>{{cite web |title=September 17 Provost's Lecture with Alice Major |url=https://news.stonybrook.edu/oncampus/september-17-provosts-lecture-with-alice-major-2/ |website=Stony Brook University |date=28 August 2013 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* ''Numbers with Personality: Ordinal Linguistic Personification'' – presentation to plenary session, Bridges Conference on Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture (University of Waterloo, 2017).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridges Waterloo 2017 |url=https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2017/#gsc.tab=0 |website=The Bridges Archive |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* ''Numbers with Personality: Ordinal Linguistic Personification'' – presentation to plenary session, Bridges Conference on Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture (University of Waterloo, 2017).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridges Waterloo 2017 |url=https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2017/#gsc.tab=0 |website=The Bridges Archive |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* ''Convocation address'' – University of Alberta honorary degree presentation, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Igali |first1=Monika |title=Alice Major's Convocation Address |url=https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/ualbertapressblog/2020/01/22/alice-majors-convocation-address/ |website=University of Alberta |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
* ''Convocation address'' – University of Alberta honorary degree presentation, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Igali |first1=Monika |title=Alice Major's Convocation Address |url=https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/ualbertapressblog/2020/01/22/alice-majors-convocation-address/ |website=University of Alberta |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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* Perkins, Don. "Metaphors, myths, and the eye of the magpie".<ref>{{cite book |author1=Don Perkins |author1-link="Metaphors, myths, and the eye of the magpie |editor1-last=Carriere |editor1-first=Marie |editor2-last=Purcell |editor2-first=Jason |title=Ten Canadian Writers in Context |date=2016 |publisher=University of Alberta Press |pages=122–138}}</ref> |
* Perkins, Don. "Metaphors, myths, and the eye of the magpie".<ref>{{cite book |author1=Don Perkins |author1-link="Metaphors, myths, and the eye of the magpie |editor1-last=Carriere |editor1-first=Marie |editor2-last=Purcell |editor2-first=Jason |title=Ten Canadian Writers in Context |date=2016 |publisher=University of Alberta Press |pages=122–138}}</ref> |
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* Querengesser, Neil: "Science and the City".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melnyk |first1=Neil |author2=Neil Querengesser |author1-link=Science and the City: Poetics of Alice Major's Edmonton |editor1-last=Melnyk |editor1-first=George |editor2-last=Coates |editor2-first=Donna |title=Writing Alberta: Alberta Building on a Literary Identity |isbn=978-1-55238-891-4 |pages=117–134}}</ref> |
* Querengesser, Neil: "Science and the City".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melnyk |first1=Neil |author2=Neil Querengesser |author1-link=Science and the City: Poetics of Alice Major's Edmonton |editor1-last=Melnyk |editor1-first=George |editor2-last=Coates |editor2-first=Donna |title=Writing Alberta: Alberta Building on a Literary Identity |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-55238-891-4 |pages=117–134|publisher=University of Calgary Press }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Latest revision as of 03:29, 27 December 2023
Alice Major | |
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Born | Scotland |
Occupation | writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Notable works | Welcome to The Anthropocene, and The Chinese Mirror. |
Alice Major is a Canadian poet, writer, and essayist, who served as poet laureate of Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
She has published 12 collections of poetry and a collection of essays on poetry and science. Her work has received multiple awards, most recently an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta.[2]
Biography[edit]
Major emigrated from Scotland at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto, Ontario before working as a weekly newspaper reporter in central British Columbia. She has lived in Edmonton, Alberta since 1981. She has a BA (English, history) from Trinity College, Toronto at the University of Toronto.[3] Her first book was a prize-winning YA fantasy novel. Since then she has published 12 books of poetry and an essay collection on poetry and science.
She is past-president of both the Writers' Guild of Alberta and the League of Canadian Poets,[4][5] as well as former chair of the Edmonton Arts Council.[6] In 2005, she was appointed to a two-year term as the first poet laureate for the City of Edmonton, and then went on to receive the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award in 2017.[7] During her tenure as poet laureate, she founded the Edmonton Poetry Festival in 2006.[8] In November 2019 she received an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Alberta.
Awards (selected)[edit]
- 2017 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award.[9]
- 2016 Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, for Standard Candles.[10]
- 2012 National Magazine Award Gold Medal (essay category) for “The Ultraviolet Catastrophe.”[11]
- 2012 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-fiction, for Intersecting Sets.[12]
- 2011 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Memory’s Daughter.[13]
- 2009 Pat Lowther Award for The Office Tower Tales.[14]
- 2001 Malahat Review Long Poem Competition.[15]
Shortlisted (selected)[edit]
- Raymond Souster Award, for Welcome to the Anthropocene (2019), and Standard Candles (2016).
- City of Edmonton Book Prize, for Welcome to the Anthropocene (2019), The Office Tower Tales (2009), Tales for an Urban Sky (2000), and Lattice of the Years (1999).[16]
Works (selected)[edit]
Books[edit]
- The Chinese Mirror. (Irwin Publishing, 1988) ISBN 0-7725-1707-X
- Time Travels Light. (Rowan Books, 1992) ISBN 1-895836-01-8
- Lattice of the Years. Bayeux Arts Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-896209-25-4.
- Tales for an Urban Sky. Broken Jaw Press. 1999. ISBN 1-896647-11-1.
- Corona Radiata. (St. Thomas Press, 2000) ISBN 0-9685339-3-0
- Some Bones and a Story. (Wolsak and Wynn, 2001) ISBN 0-919897-74-6
- No Monster (Victoria, Poppy Press, 2002) ISBN 978-1-894603-03-4
- The Occupied World. (University of Alberta Press. 2006) ISBN 978-0-88864-469-5.
- The Office Tower Tales (University of Alberta Press, 2008) ISBN 0-88864-502-3
- Memory's Daughter (University of Alberta Press, 2010) ISBN 978-0-88864-539-5
- Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science (University of Alberta Press, 2011) ISBN 978-0-88864-595-1
- Standard Candles (University of Alberta Press, 2015) ISBN 978-1-77212-091-2
- Welcome to the Anthropocene (University of Alberta Press, 2018) ISBN 978-1-77212-368-5
- Knife on Snow (Turnstone Press, 2023) ISBN 978-0-88801-768-0
Presentations/Papers (selected)[edit]
- Scansion and Science – The Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture, Toronto, 2017.[17]
- A superposition of brains – Provost’s Lecture at Stony Brook University of New York (cosponsored by the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook and the C.K. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics).[18]
- Numbers with Personality: Ordinal Linguistic Personification – presentation to plenary session, Bridges Conference on Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture (University of Waterloo, 2017).[19]
- Convocation address – University of Alberta honorary degree presentation, 2019.[20]
- Perhaps the Plaintive Numbers Flow – presented at Bridges Conference on Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture (Online, 2020).[21]
Anthologies (selected)[edit]
- Going it Alone: Plays by Women for Solo Performance. (Nuage Editions, 1997) ISBN 978-0-921833-52-9
- What if...? Amazing stories, Monica Hughes Ed. (Tundra Books, 1998) ISBN 978-0-88776-458-5
- Threshold: An Anthology of Contemporary Writing from Alberta. (University of Alberta Press. 1999.) ISBN 978-0-88864-338-4
- Poetry and Spiritual Practice: Selections from Contemporary Canadian Poets (St. Thomas Press, 2002) ISBN 978-0-9685339-7-0
- Reading the River: A traveller’s companion to the North Saskatchewan River (Regina, Coteau Books) ISBN 978-1550503173
- How the Light Gets In: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from Canada (Waterford, Ireland, School of Humanities at Waterford Institute of Technology, 2009) ISBN 978-0954028183
- Locations of Grief: An Emotional Geography (Wolsak & Wynn, 2020) ISBN 978-1-989496-14-5
- Waiting: An Anthology of Essays (University of Alberta Press, 2018) ISBN 978-1-77212-383-8
Further reading[edit]
- Perkins, Don. "Metaphors, myths, and the eye of the magpie".[22]
- Querengesser, Neil: "Science and the City".[23]
References[edit]
- ^ "Alice Major Edmonton, Alberta Poet Laureate". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ Townsend, Sean. "U of A names honorary degree recipients for 2019 fall convocation". University of Alberta. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Alice Major: Biography". Canadian Poetry Online. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "WGA Board of Directors Archive". WGA website. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ ""Alice Major", League of Canadian Poets". Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ "Alice Major: Biography". Canadian Poetry Online. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Alice Major". The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Our Story". Edmonton Poetry Festival. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Alice Major". The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "BPAA Awards Winners Announced" (PDF). Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "The Winners of the 35th anniversary National Magazine Awards!". National Magazine Awards. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Helm, Richard. "Edmonton writers dominate awards". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Mather, Nicholas (24 June 2011). "2011 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Memory's Daughter". Theatre Alberta.
- ^ "Pat Lowther Memorial Award". League of Canadian Poets. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Stephens, Melissa. "Unconventional Insight: Melissa Stephens in Conversation with Alice Major". The Malahat Review. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize Past Finalists". Writers' Guild of alberta. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Anne Szumigalski Lecture Series". League of Canadian Poets. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "September 17 Provost's Lecture with Alice Major". Stony Brook University. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Bridges Waterloo 2017". The Bridges Archive. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Igali, Monika. "Alice Major's Convocation Address". University of Alberta. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Bridges 2020". The Bridges Archive. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Don Perkins (2016). Carriere, Marie; Purcell, Jason (eds.). Ten Canadian Writers in Context. University of Alberta Press. pp. 122–138.
- ^ Melnyk, Neil; Neil Querengesser (2017). Melnyk, George; Coates, Donna (eds.). Writing Alberta: Alberta Building on a Literary Identity. University of Calgary Press. pp. 117–134. ISBN 978-1-55238-891-4.
External links[edit]
- Alice Major's website
- University of Alberta Press – titles by author Alice Major