Education
She graduated from Goshen College, and University of British Columbia with an Master of Fine Arts She was the poetry editor of Prism International.
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Barbara Nickel
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She was raised in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. She moved to Street.John"s, Newfoundland, then back in British Columbia. She was on a panel at the 2005 Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference.
Lorna Crozier, Patrick Lane, eds.
(January 1, 1995). Breathing Fire: Canada"s New Poets. Harbour Publishing.
Ann Elizabeth Hostetler, educated
University of Iowa Press.
Criticism
"Jail-Breaks and Re-Creations".
Northern Poetry
In Domain, her second collection, British Columbia 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").
Achievements
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Canada
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The Malahat Long Poem Prize; Pat Lowther Award; Geoffrey Bilson Award 1995 The Malahat Long Poem Prize 1996 National Magazine , 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 , finalist 1998 Pat Lowther Award The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year.; The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.The Malahat Long Poem Prize; Pat Lowther Award; Geoffrey Bilson Award 1995 The Malahat Long Poem Prize 1996 National Magazine , 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 , finalist 1998 Pat Lowther Award The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year.; The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.