John Terpstra Explained
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.
Released a spoken-word recording of his poems in 2000, called "Nod Me In, Shake Me Out", with composer, arranger and producer Bart Nameth, violinist Hugh Marsh, and others.
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
- 2024: The degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa), Knox College (Toronto, Canada)
Bibliography
- 1982: Scrabbling for Repose (Split Reed)
- 1987: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Netherlandic)
- 1990: Naked Trees (Netherlandic)
- 1992: Captain Kintail (Netherlandic)
- 1997: The Church Not Made With Hands (Wolsak and Wynn)
- 1998: Devil's Punch Bowl (St Thomas Poetry Series)
- 2000: Restoration (Gaspereau)
- 2002: Falling Into Place (Gaspereau)
- 2003: Disarmament (Gaspereau)
- 2005: Brendan Luck (Gaspereau)
- 2005: The Boys, or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter (Gaspereau)
- 2006: Two or Three Guitars: Selected Poems (Gaspereau)
- 2012: Naked Trees (Wolsak and Wynn)
- 2014: This Orchard Sound (Wolsak and Wynn)
- 2016: In the Company of All (St Thomas Poetry Series)
- 2018: Daylighting Chedoke: Exploring Hamilton's Hidden Creek (Wolsak and Wynn)
- 2020: Wild Hope: Prayers & Poems (St Thomas Poetry Series)
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