Philip Kevin Paul

His debut collection Taking the Names Down from the Hill won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2004,[1] and his second collection Little Hunger was a shortlisted nominee for the 2009 ReLit Award for poetry and the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2009 Governor General's Awards.[2]

Philip Kevin Paul
Occupationpoet
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksTaking the Names Down from the Hill, Little Hunger
Notable awardsDorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

Philip Kevin Paul is a Canadian poet.

A former competitive boxer,[3] he is a member of the Saanich First Nation on Vancouver Island.[3] He is a graduate of the University of Victoria.[3] In 2019, Paul co-taught a writing course at the University of Victoria called A Sense of Place.[4]

References
  1. "Lt.-Gov. award honours 'grand lady' of B.C. literature". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 2, 2004.
  2. "Governor General's Literary Awards nominees". Telegraph-Journal, October 15, 2009.
  3. "About Philip Kevin Paul". Victoria Times-Colonist, December 31, 2007.
  4. Philip Kevin Paul (December 26, 2018). "Solstice Poems: Such a Tiny Light by Philip Kevin Paul". Times Colonist. Retrieved February 1, 2019.


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