Sharon Thesen

Sharon Thesen (born 1946 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at University of British Columbia Okanagan.

In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Selected works

• Artemis Hates Romance, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1980
• Radio New France Radio, Vancouver: Slug Press, 1981
• Holding the Pose, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983
• Confabulations, Fernie, BC: Oolichan Books, 1984 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• The Beginning of the Long Dash, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1987 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• The Pangs of Sunday, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990
• Aurora, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1995
• News and Smoke: Selected Poems, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1999
• A Pair of Scissors, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2000 (winner of the Pat Lowther Award)
• Weeping Willow, Vancouver: Nomados, 2005
• The Good Bacteria, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2006 (nominated for the 2006 Governor General's Award for poetry and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize)
• Oyama Pink Shale, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2011
• The Receiver, Vancouver: New Star Books, 2017
• The Wig-Maker w/Janet Gallant, Vancouver: New Star Books, 2021

External links

• Griffin Poetry Prize biography
• Records of Sharon Thesen are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books