Barbara Nickel
Barbara Kathleen Nickel (born June 22, 1966, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet.
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Barbara Nickel
- Name
- Barbara Nickel
- Born
- 22 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Occupation
- Poet
- Education
- Goshen College University of British Columbia (MFA)
- Awards
- Pat Lowther Award (1998)
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Barbara Nickel • Born — 22 June 1966 • Birthplace — Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada • Occupation — Poet • Education — Goshen College University of British Columbia (MFA) • Awards — Pat Lowther Award (1998)
Life
Life
She was raised in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. She graduated from Goshen College and the University of British Columbia with an M.F.A. She was the poetry editor of Prism International. She moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, then back in British Columbia. She was on a panel at the 2005 Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference.
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In Domain, her second collection, B.C. poet and fiction writer Barbara Nickel engages explicitly with the concept of home – specifically, the house she grew up in and the memories it evokes. That focus doesn't mean the poems are narrow in scope. Nickel subtly explores the broader associations of each room (for instance, the section "Master Bedroom" comments on marriage) and searchingly paces the halls of a family history that's filled with heartache (her Russian ancestors' village is described in idyllic terms, until "Revolution burned / that inside out").
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1966
Barbara Nickel born at Saskatoon.
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• "Onychomychosis", The Walrus * * *
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• 1995 The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize • 1996 National Magazine Awards, honourable mention • 1996 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Adults, finalist • 1997 Mr. Christie's Book Award, finalist • 1998 B.C. Red Cedar Awards, finalist • 1998 Pat Lowther Award
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