Cornelia Hoogland is a Canadian poet, playwright and retired professor. She lived on

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, but until 2011 divided her time between

London, Ontario London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River and N ...

as well, where she was a professor at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

. Hoogland has performed and worked internationally in the areas of

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

and

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

. In 2004, she founded and was the director until 2011 of Antler River Poetry (formerly Poetry London), a poetry reading and workshop series.

Works

Poetry

''Woods Wolf Girl'' (Wolsak and Wynn, 2011) is Hoogland's 6th book of poetry, and is based on the

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. ''Crow'' (Black Moss Press), was also released in 2011. Her 2012

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, ''Gravelly Bay'' (Alfred Gustav Press, 2012), is set at the ferry terminal on

Denman Island Denman Island, (also known by Sla-dai-aich or Taystayic, in the Comox language), is one of the Northern Gulf Islands and part of the Comox Valley Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Islands Trust group of ...

. In 2017, her poem "Tourists Stroll a Victoria Waterwa

was one of five poems named to the shortlist of the CBC Literary Prize, CBC Poetry Prize. Hoogland was a 2020/2021 featured poet as a part of Books BC's Poetry in Transit, which displays work by British Columbian poets on TransLink and

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vehicles. The featured poem was "P'i, Standstill" from her collection ''Cosmic Bowling''.

Theater

Hoogland adapted ''Woods Wolf Girl'' for stage as ''Faim de Loup'', which was

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...

d by Gil Garret and Susan Ferley and included in the 2012 PlayWrights Cabaret at the Grand Theatre in London, ON. ''Faim de Loup'' was selected for inclusion in the 2012 Women Playwrights International Conference, and performed as ''Talking in Bed.'' Hoogland's play, ''Country of my Skin'' won the Adjudicators' Choice Award at the London One-Act Festival in 2004, Lesleigh Turner, Director. Janice Johnston directed the same play for In Good Company at the Aeolian Hall in October 2006 and in November 2006 "Country" traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, to the Women Playwrights International conference. Her published play for children – ''Salmonberry: A West Coast Fairy Tale'' (''International Plays for Young Audiences'', Meriwether, 2000) – was performed at the 1999 International Women Playwrights Conference in Athens.

Bibliography

*''The Wire - Thin Bride'' - 1990 *''Marrying the Animals'' - 1995 *''You are Home'' - 2001 *''Cuba Journal: Language and Writing'' - 2003 *''Second Marriage''. Canadian Poetry Association, 2005 *''Woods Wolf Girl'' - Wolsak and Wynn, 2011 *''Crow'' - Black Moss Press, 2011 *''Trailer Park Elegy'' - Harbour, 2017 *''Cosmic Bowling'' - Guernica Editions, 2020 (With Ted Goodden)

Awards

In 2023, Hoogland was awarded the Colleen Thibaudeau Award along with Flavia Cosma for her outstanding contribution to Canadian poetr

References

External links

Cornelia's Homepage

'Woods Wolf Girl' Homepage

'Crow' Homepage

Poetry London Homepage

Cornelia's other Homepage
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