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Her first collection, ''Opening the Island'', was nominated for the ''Margaret and John Savage First Book Award'' and won the Atlantic Poetry Prize in 2002.<ref name="upei.ca">[http://www.upei.ca/cgi-new/view.cgi?id=2967 UPEI<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Compton won again in 2006 the [[Atlantic Poetry Prize]]. It was awarded on April 28, 2006 during a ceremony in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.<ref>[http://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=1012 Compton wins Atlantic Poetry Prize - May 1, 2006 - News@UNB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She won the [[Governor General's Award]] for poetry in English in 2005 for her collection ''Processional''. <ref>[http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/english/jones/mt/archives/2005/11/anne_compton_wins_governor_gen.html scribblingwoman: Anne Compton wins Governor General's Award for Poetry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="upei.ca"/> Compton has also published criticism, including a book of interviews, ''Meetings with Maritime Poets'' (2006).<ref name="UPEI">[http://www.upei.ca/cgi-new/view.cgi?id=2834 UPEI<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
Her first collection, ''Opening the Island'', was nominated for the ''Margaret and John Savage First Book Award'' and won the Atlantic Poetry Prize in 2002.<ref name="upei.ca">[http://www.upei.ca/cgi-new/view.cgi?id=2967 UPEI<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Compton won again in 2006 the [[Atlantic Poetry Prize]]. It was awarded on April 28, 2006 during a ceremony in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.<ref>[http://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=1012 Compton wins Atlantic Poetry Prize - May 1, 2006 - News@UNB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She won the [[Governor General's Award]] for poetry in English in 2005 for her collection ''Processional''. <ref>[http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/english/jones/mt/archives/2005/11/anne_compton_wins_governor_gen.html scribblingwoman: Anne Compton wins Governor General's Award for Poetry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="upei.ca"/> Compton has also published criticism, including a book of interviews, ''Meetings with Maritime Poets'' (2006).<ref name="UPEI">[http://www.upei.ca/cgi-new/view.cgi?id=2834 UPEI<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Compton is an assistant professor in University of New Brunswick Saint John’s Department of Humanities and Languages.<ref name="UPEI"/> She is also the Director of the Lorenzo Reading Series at the [[University of New Brunswick]], and serves on the New Brunswick Arts Board.<ref name="upei.ca"/> |
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Compton was a featured writer at the 2007 ''Maritime Writers' Workshop & Literary Festival'' in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]]. |
Compton was a featured writer at the 2007 ''Maritime Writers' Workshop & Literary Festival'' in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]]. |
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Anne Compton (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist.
Biography
Compton was born and raised in the farming community of Bangor, Prince Edward Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island, her Masters from York University and finally her PhD from the University of New Brunswick.[1] Dr. Compton is currently an assistant professor in UNB Saint John’s Department of Humanities and Languages teaching literature and creative writing.
Career and awards
Her first collection, Opening the Island, was nominated for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award and won the Atlantic Poetry Prize in 2002.[2] Compton won again in 2006 the Atlantic Poetry Prize. It was awarded on April 28, 2006 during a ceremony in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.[3] She won the Governor General's Award for poetry in English in 2005 for her collection Processional. [4][2] Compton has also published criticism, including a book of interviews, Meetings with Maritime Poets (2006).[5]
Compton was a featured writer at the 2007 Maritime Writers' Workshop & Literary Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
In 2008, she was awarded the Alden Nowlan Award for excellence in English language literary arts, presented by the New Brunswick Arts Board.
Publications
Scholarship
- A.J.M. Smith: Canadian Metaphysical (1994)
- The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island (editor, 2002)
- Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada (co-editor, 2002)
- Meetings with Maritime Poets (2006)
Poetry
- Opening the Island (2003)
- Processional (2005)
- Asking Questions Indoors and Out (2009)
Selected Anthologies
- New Canadian Poetry (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2000)[6]
- Following the Plough: Recovering the Rural (Black Moss Press, 2000)
- Landmarks: an Anthology of New Atlantic Poetry (The Acorn Press, 2001)