Background
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Goyette grew up in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on Montreal"s south shore.
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The True Names of Birds by Susan Goyette (1998-11-16)
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The True Names of Birds
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The True Names of Birds is the first book-length collection from a voice that has captured the attention of Canadian poetry readers for the last half-dozen years. Deeply centred in domestic life, Goyette's work is informed by a muscular lyricism. These are poems that push the limits, always true to their roots. "This is a fresh new voice with a tense lyrical intelligence. This is a collection to begin everything with, a cure for silence, secrets that arrive with a steady eloquence." --Patrick Lane
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Susan Goyette
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Goyette"s fourth poetry collection, Ocean, was published in 2013 by Gaspereau Press. Her fifth poetry collection, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl, was published in 2015 by Gaspereau Press. She presently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and teaches at Dalhousie University.
Achievements
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Her first poetry book, The True Names of Birds (1998), was nominated for the 1999 Governor General"s Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. Goyette"s first novel, Lures (2002), was nominated for the 2003 Thomas Head Raddall Award. She has also written another poetry collection, Undone (2004), and won the 2008 Canadian Broadcasting Company Literary Award in poetry for the poem "Outskirts". The poetry collection of the same name, Outskirts, won the Atlantic Poetry Prize in 2012.
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The True Names of Birds
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- The True Names of Birds by Susan Goyette (1998-11-16)
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The True Names of Birds
Membership
Goyette has been a member of the faculty of The Maritime Writers" Workshop, The Banff Wired Studio, and The Sage Hill Writing Experience.
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Nationality
Canada
Awards
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Pat Lowther Award; Governor General's Award; Atlantic Poetry Prize; Gerald Lampert Award; Griffin Poetry Prize; Thomas Head Raddall Award
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award.; The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.; The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet.; 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 Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award.; The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.; The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet.; 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.