John Terpstra

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

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.

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[edit] Education

[edit] 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

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] External links

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