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Name
  
John Terpstra

Role
  
Poet

Education
  
University of Toronto


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Books
  
Falling into place, Two or Three Guitars, Naked Trees, The church not made with hands, The Boys - Or - Waiting for the El

Fireside Chat - John Terpstra


John Terpstra (born in Brockville, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and carpenter.

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During much of his childhood, he lived in Edmonton, Alberta, but moved back to Ontario to attend high school in Hamilton, where he lives today.

Released a spoken-word recording of his poems in 2000, called "Nod Me In, Shake Me Out", with composer, arranger and producer Bart Nameth, violinist Hugh Marsh, and others.

Education

  • Trinity Christian College, Chicago
  • University of Toronto
  • Awards and recognition

  • 1988: Bressani Prize, "Forty Days and Forty Nights"
  • 1992: CBC Radio Literary Competition, "Captain Kintail"
  • 2004: poetry finalist, Governor General's Awards, Disarmament
  • 2006: finalist, Charles Taylor Prize, BC Award for Canadian Non-fiction, The Boys, or Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter
  • References

    John Terpstra Wikipedia