Fred Wah
Frederick James Wah, OC, (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
Life
Wah was born in
His diverse ethnic makeup figures significantly in his writings.Wah studied literature and music at the
David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. Well known for his work on literary journals and small-press, Wah has been a contributing editor to Open Letter since its beginning, involved in the editing of West Coast Line, and with Frank Davey
edited the world's first online literary magazine, SwiftCurrent. Wah won the 'Governor General's Award' for his 1985 book "Waiting for Saskatchewan".
Wah retired after 40 years of teaching and lives in
Burnaby
, British Columbia.
On December 20, 2011, Wah was appointed as Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate.[4] He is the fifth poet to hold this office. In 2013 he was made an Officer in the Order of Canada.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts - English Literature and Music - University of British Columbia
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Awards
- Waiting for Saskatchewan - 1985 (1985 Governor General's Award for poetry)
- So Far - 1991 (1982 Stephanson Award for Poetry)
- Diamond Grill - 1996 (Writers Guild of Alberta Howard O'Hagan Prize for Short Fiction)
- Faking It - 2001 (Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures Gabrielle Roy Prize for Criticism)
- Is A Door - 2010 (Dorothy Livesay B.C. Book Prize for poetry)
- A Door to be Kicked - 2023 (National Community Radio Award for Best in Podcasting)
Bibliography
- Lardeau (1965)
- Mountain (1967)
- Among (1972)
- Tree (1972)
- Earth (1974)
- Pictograms from the Interior of B.C. (1975)
- Selected Poems: Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek (1980)
- Owners Manual (1981)
- Breathin' My Name With a Sigh Talonbooks, 1981, ISBN 978-0-88922-188-8
- Grasp The Sparrow's Tail (1982)
- Waiting for Saskatchewan Turnstone Press Canada, 1985, ISBN 978-0-88801-100-8
- The Swift Current Anthology (1986; edited with Frank Davey)
- Rooftops (1987)
- Music at the Heart of Thinking (1987)
- Limestone Lakes Utaniki (1989)
- So Far (1991)
- Alley Alley Home Free (1992)
- ISBN 978-1-897126-11-0
- Faking It: Poetics and Hybridity Critical Writing 1984-1999. NeWest Press, 2000, ISBN 978-1-896300-07-8
- Isadora Blue (La Mano Izquierda Impressora, Victoria, 2005)
- Articulations (Nomados, Vancouver, 2007)
- Sentenced to Light (2008)
- is a door Talonbooks, 2009. ISBN 978-0-88922-620-3
- Permissions: Tish Poetics 1963 Thereafter- (Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2014) 33 pp. ISBN 978 1 55380 329 4
- Scree: The Collected Earlier Poems 1962-1991 (Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2015) 633 pp. ISBN 978 0 88922 948 8
- Music at the Heart of Thinking a poetry collection published in July 2020.[5]
- A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred Wah a radio play script authored by Fred Wah based on the Kootenay Co-op Radio in February 2022 and won the 2023 National Community Radio Best in PodcastingAward.
Criticism
- Banting, Pamela. Body Inc.: A Theory of Translation Poetics. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1995.
- Diehl-Jones, Charlene. Fred Wah and His Works. Toronto: ECW Press, 1996.
- Louis Cabri, ed. (2009). The False Laws of Narrative: The Poetry of Fred Wah. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-046-0.
- John Z. Ming Chen: The Influence of Daoism on Asian-Canadian Writers. Mellen, 2008.
References
- ISBN 962-209-590-9.
- ^ "Ryerson Library - Asian Heritage in Canada - Fred Wah". Archived from the original on 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2005-11-25.
- ISBN 0-88864-431-0.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Poet Laureate". Archived from the original on 2012-01-09.
- ^
"12 Canadian books coming out in July we can't wait to read". CBC Books. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
External links
- The Fred Wah Digital Archive
- University of Toronto Canadian Poets Profile
- Ryerson University Asian Heritage in Canada Authors
- FFWD:WEEKLY: Tough-Minded poet Fred Wah leaves legacy at U of C
- Wah Writers' Union Membership Page
- Fred Wah, Electronic Poetry Center
- Records of Fred Wah are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
- Recordings of Fred Wah are available online in the Unarchiving the Margins Collection at Simon Fraser University's Special Collection and Rare Books
- A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred Wah
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