Chris Banks (born 1970) is a Canadian
poet
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.
Biography
Born 1970, Banks grew up in
Stayner,
Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 5,838 people (up 10.8% since 2016). Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Sioux Lookout railway ...
and
Bancroft. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Guelph
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, before moving on to complete a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from
Concordia University
Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...
and later a Bachelor of Education from the
University of Western Ontario
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. Banks later began teaching at Bluevale Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, Ontario.
Banks' works include a chapbook, ''Form Letters'' (2002). His first full-length collection, ''Bonfires'', was awarded the Jack Chalmers Award for poetry by the Canadian Authors' Association in 2004. ''Bonfires'' was also a finalist for the
Gerald Lampert Award
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for best first book of poetry in Canada. In 2023, one of his sonnets was published in ''
The Walrus
''The Walrus'' is an independent, nonprofit Canadian media organization. It is multi-platform and produces an eight-issue-per-year magazine and online editorial content that includes current affairs, fiction, poetry, and podcasts, a nation ...
''.
Awards and recognition
* 2004: Canadian Authors Association, winner of poetry award, ''Bonfires''
* 2004:
Finalist for Gerald Lampert Award for poetry, ''Bonfires''
* 2006: Gowlings Literary Award
Bibliography
*2002: ''Form Letters'', Junction Books (chapbook)
*2003: ''Bonfires'', Nightwood Editions
*2006: ''Sparrows and Arrows'', Bilbioasis (chapbook)
*2006: ''The Cold Panes of Surfaces'', Nightwood Editions
*2011: ''Winter Cranes'',
ECW Press
ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canada, Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. They started publishing trade and scholar ...
*2015: ''Invaders'', Anstruther Press, (chapbook)
*2017: ''The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory'', ECW Press
*2019: ''MidLife Action Figure'', ECW Press
*2021: ''Shadow Forecast'', Floodlight Editions (chapbook)
*2021: ''Deep Fake Serenade'', Nightwood Editions
*2023: ''Alternator'',
Harbour Publishing
Harbour Publishing is a Canadian independent book publisher.
The company was founded in 1974 by Howard and Mary White, and is based in Pender Harbour, a small town on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. Harbour mainly publishes books on British ...
See also
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Canadian literature
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Canadian poetry
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List of Canadian poets
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* Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
* Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Ac ...
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List of Canadian writers
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References
External links
Nightwood EditionsECW PressReview of Winter Cranes in Quill & QuireChris Banks Poetry
1970 births
21st-century Canadian poets
Living people
People from Sioux Lookout
Writers from Simcoe County
Poets from Ontario
University of Western Ontario alumni
University of Guelph alumni
Concordia University alumni
Canadian male poets
21st-century Canadian male writers
People from Clearview, Ontario
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