John Terpstra
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.
Education
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
Bibliography
- 1982: Scrabbling for Repose (Split Reed)
- 1987: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Netherlandic) ISBN 0-919417-10-8
- 1990: Naked Trees (Netherlandic) ISBN 0-919417-20-5
- 1992: Captain Kintail (Netherlandic) ISBN 0-919417-27-2
- 1997: The Church Not Made With Hands (Wolsak and Wynn) ISBN 0-919897-56-8
- 1998: Devil's Punch Bowl (St Thomas Poetry Series) ISBN 0-9697802-7-3
- 2000: Restoration (Gaspereau) ISBN 1-894031-34-2
- 2002: Falling Into Place (Gaspereau) ISBN 1-894031-60-1
- 2003: Disarmament (Gaspereau) ISBN 1-894031-73-3
- 2005: Brendan Luck (Gaspereau) ISBN 1-55447-013-7
- 2005: The Boys, or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter (Gaspereau) ISBN 1-55447-011-0
- 2006: Two or Three Guitars: Selected Poems (Gaspereau) ISBN 1-55447-026-9
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