Name Richard Harrison Role Poet | Education Trent University | |
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Books Hero of the play, Worthy of His Fall, Fathers Never Leave You | ||
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Richard Harrison is a Canadian poet and essayist.
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His most recent book, "On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood" tied for 3rd place for the Alcuin prize for poetry for the cover, designed by Natalie Olsen. It has been shortlisted for the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize as well as the Stephan G. Stephansson Alberta poetry prize.
His fourth book of poetry, Big Breath of a Wish (1998), was nominated for a Governor General's Award. and won the City of Calgary Book Prize.
Harrison was born in Toronto in 1957 and moved to Calgary in 1995 to spend a year as the University of Calgary Distinguished Writer. He has lived in Calgary since then. He holds degrees from Trent University (in biology and philosophy) and Concordia University (in creative writing). He has had teaching positions at Trent University, the University of Calgary, and now Mount Royal University.
He has recently completed work on several books of essays (as an editor and contributor).