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Birk Sproxton (August 12, 1943 - March 14, 2007) was a Canadian poet and novelist who lived in Red Deer, Alberta.

Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Sproxton studied in Winnipeg before moving west to Alberta. He taught creative writing at Red Deer College for over three decades, while working on his own projects. One of his later works, Phantom Lake, North of 54, won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award as well as Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award. He was also an editor, having completed The Winnipeg Connection: Writing Lives at Mid-Century in the year before his death.

Selected bibliography

Headframe (1985), ISBN 0-88801-099-0
The Hockey Fan Came Riding (1990), ISBN 0-88995-056-3
The Red-Headed Woman with the Black Black Heart (1997), ISBN 0-88801-216-0
Headframe: 2 (2006), ISBN 0-88801-317-5

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-'''Birk Sproxton''' (b. [[August 12]], [[1943]], d. [[March 14]], [[2007]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[poet]] and [[novelist]] who lived in [[Red Deer, Alberta]]. Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Sproxton eventually moved west to Alberta after studying in Winnipeg. He ended up teaching creative writing at Red Deer College for over three decades, while working on his own projects. One of his later works, Phantom Lake, North of 54, won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award as well as Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award. He was also an editor, having completed The Winnipeg Connection: Writing Lives at Mid-Century in the year before his death.
+'''Birk Sproxton''' ([[August 12]], [[1943]] - [[March 14]], [[2007]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[poet]] and [[novelist]] who lived in [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]], [[Alberta]].
+Born in [[Flin Flon, Manitoba|Flin Flon]], [[Manitoba]], Sproxton studied in [[Winnipeg]] before moving west to Alberta. He taught [[creative writing]] at [[Red Deer College]] for over three decades, while working on his own projects. One of his later works, ''Phantom Lake, North of 54'', won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award as well as Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award. He was also an editor, having completed ''The Winnipeg Connection: Writing Lives at Mid-Century'' in the year before his death.
-==Selected works==
+==Selected bibliography==
 *''Headframe'' (1985), ISBN 0-88801-099-0
 *''The Hockey Fan Came Riding'' (1990), ISBN 0-88995-056-3