| Matt Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 24, 1974 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Alma mater | St. Mary’s University Mount Saint Vincent University University of New Brunswick |
| Website | |
| http://www.mattrobinsonpoet.wordpress.com | |
Matt Robinson (born 1974) is a Canadian poet born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
His first collection, A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking (2000) [1], was published by Toronto's Insomniac Press, and was a finalist for both the Gerald Lampert Award and the ReLit Award for Poetry. His subsequent collections, all published by Toronto's ECW Press, include how we play at it: a list (2002) [2], no cage contains a stare that well (2005) [3], and Against the Hard Angle (2010). [4] [5]
Robinson’s poems have won a number of awards including the Petra Kenney International Poetry Prize [6], Grain Magazine’s Prose Poem Award, and The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize [7]. He has also received the New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts Emerging Artist of the Year Award.
His poems have also appeared in a number of anthologies, including The New Canon, Breathing Fire 2, Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada, Exact Fare Only 2, and Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land, and been featured in programs such as the Halifax Regional Municipality’s Art in Public Places initiative. His poem ‘grand parade, halifax’ is publicly featured in Halifax’s Grand Parade Square. [8]
Robinson holds a BA and a BSc from St. Mary’s University, a BEd from Mount Saint Vincent University, and an MA from the University of New Brunswick. He is a graduate of Halifax’s J. L. Ilsley High School.
Robinson has worked at Dalhousie University as a Residence Life Manager (in Howe Hall) since 2007.[9] [10]