Douglas Smith
Ph.D. (University of Manitoba)
M.A. (CarletonUniversity)
B.A. Honours (University of Manitoba)
Selected Writing Awards:
Hawthornden International Writer's Retreat Fellow, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2014
Nominated for the Atlantic Poetry Prize, 2011
Nominated for the Atlantic Poetry Prize, 2000
Nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, 1993
Douglas Burnet Smith is the author of fifteen books of poetry. His most recent book is entitled Learning to Count (Frontenac House). He has been nominated for the Governor General's Award, and has won numerous prizes for his writing, including The Long Poem Prize from The Malahat Review. Professor Smith has served as President of the League of Canadian Poets and as Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission of Canada. His work has been translated into several languages.
Books (Poetry):
Spring 2015 White Corvettes. The Alfred Gustav Press, Vancouver
2012 Nine Kinds of Light. The Alfred Gustav Press, Vancouver
2010 Learning to Count. Frontenac House, Calgary
2008 Sister Prometheus: Discovering Marie Curie. Wolsak & Wynn, Toronto
2004 Les Sacrifiés. Les Écrits des Forges, Trois Rivières
2002 Helsinki Drift. Beach Holme Books, Vancouver
2001 Chainletter. Trout Lily Press, Stratford
2000 The Killed. Wolsak & Wynn, Toronto
