Jane Munro Explained

Birth Date:December 3, 1943
Birth Place:North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality:Canadians
Occupation:Poet

Jane Munro (born December 3, 1943) is a Canadian poet. She has published six collections of poetry, including Blue Sonoma, which won the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Munro was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1943 and raised in Vancouver and North Vancouver. She studied at the University of British Columbia, undergraduate, M.F.A. and Ed.D., Indiana University B.A. and Simon Fraser University M.A. where she worked with poet Robin Blaser.[1] [2] She taught creative writing in several Vancouver universities, and published her third collection, Grief Notes & Animal Dreams, in 1994.

Munro uses a blend of Eastern and Western styles in her compositions. She belongs to the poetry collective Yoko's Dogs along with Susan Gillis, Jan Conn, and Mary di Michele.

She is a proponent of Iyengar yoga[3] and currently lives in Vancouver.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jane Munro . CanLit Poets . Canadian Literature . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602225912/http://canlit.ca/canlitpoets/poets/jane_munro . 2015-06-02 .
  2. News: Jane Munro's Blue Sonoma wins Griffin Poetry Prize. Medley. Mark. June 4, 2015. Globe and Mail.
  3. Web site: An Interview with Jane Munro. June 27, 2014. June 5, 2015. Canadian Women in the Literary Arts. Wotherspoon. Kasia.
  4. Web site: Jane Munro 2015 Shortlist Shortlists Awards and Poets . www.griffinpoetryprize.com. 2015-06-06.