Occupation Poet Period 2000s to present Name Stephen Rowe | Nationality Canadian Genre poetry Role Poet | |
Notable works Never More There (2009), geo•logics (2015) Education Memorial University of Newfoundland Books Never More There, Geo-logics Similar People Carl Sandburg, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Rainer Maria Rilke, W H Auden, Philip Larkin | ||
Stephen Rowe (born April 7, 1980 in Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian poet.
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Biography
Rowe was educated first in Heart's Content and Carbonear and then in St. John's, where he attended Memorial University of Newfoundland. He was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 2003 and then to a Bachelor's Degree in Intermediate/Secondary Education in 2005.
In 2006 he studied poetry with Canadian poet Mary Dalton, during which he wrote the chapbook Below The Spruce and took part in a mentorship program with Canadian poet and novelist Alison Pick.
After graduating from university, Rowe lived and worked in St. John's before moving to Gander, where he now works and writes. In October 2009, he published his first book of poetry, entitled Never More There, and in 2015 his second book, geo•logics, was published by Breakwater Books. He is a member of the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland & Labrador.
He is an avid supporter of Arsenal F.C.