Maureen Scott Harris (born 24 April 1943 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet.

Maureen Scott Harris
Born (1943-04-24) 24 April 1943 (age 81)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationPoet

Life

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Maureen Scott was born in British Columbia. She was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved to Toronto in 1964. She graduated from University of Toronto. During her time at university, she worked as a cataloguer at the University of Toronto Library.

Her works appear in The Fiddlehead, The Malahat, Pottersfield Portfolio, Contemporary Verse 2, Room of One's Own, Event, Poetry Canada, Prairie Fire, Grail, and Grain.

She married Peter Harris, a professor at University of Toronto; they have two daughters, Jessica and Katharine.[1][2]

Awards

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  • 2002 Arc's Poem-of-the-Year contest[3][4][5]
  • 2009 WildCare Tasmania Nature Writing Prize[6]

Works

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Poetry

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  • Drowning Lessons. Pedlar Press. 2004. ISBN 0-9732140-8-2.
  • The World Speaks. Junction Books. 2003. ISBN 1-894831-08-X. (chapbook)
  • A Possible Landscape. Brick Books. 1993. ISBN 0-919626-67-X. (reprinted 2006)

Anthologies

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Essays

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References

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  1. ^ [1] "Biography", University of Toronto
  2. ^ "Who's". Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-17. "Biography", Canadian Poets website
  3. ^ "::Arc Poetry::Log Entries::Toronto Poet Wins Top Prize::". Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2009-10-17. "Winning Entries", ARC Poetry website
  4. ^ "::Arc Poetry::Mag::Poem of the Year Contest::". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-10-17. "Poem of the Year", ARC Poetry website
  5. ^ [2] "Faculty", University of Toronto
  6. ^ [3] Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine "Toronto Poet . ." Toronto.com