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.
Also recorded as Sharon Gail Thesen
Sharon Thesen
- Born
- 1946 · Tisdale.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · teacher · writer
- Languages
- English
In this article
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
• Refabulations, ed. Erin Moure, Vancouver: Talon Books, 2023
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