Cecily Nicholson

Cecily Nicholson is a Canadian poet,[1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for her poetry book Wayside Sang.[2]

She previously published the collections Triage (2011) and From the Poplars (2014),[1] and won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2015 for the latter book.[3]

Originally from Ontario, she is currently based in Burnaby, British Columbia, where she works in gallery management.[4]

References
  1. "Call and Response: In Conversation with Cecily Nicholson". Room, December 2014.
  2. "Book about campus rape and an Indigenous memoir win $25,000 Governor General’s Literary Award". Toronto Star, October 30.
  3. "Nicholson wins Livesay Prize". BC Booklook, May 11, 2015.
  4. "Burnaby poet is a finalist for Governor General's lit awards". Burnaby Now, October 5, 2018.


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