Kayla Czaga Explained
| Kayla Czaga |
| Birth Date: | 1989 |
| Occupation: | poet |
| Period: | 2010s-present |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Notableworks: | For Your Safety Please Hold On |
Kayla Czaga (born 1989)[1] is a Canadian poet, who won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2015 for her debut collection For Your Safety Please Hold On.[2] The book was also a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry,[3] the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize[4] and the Canadian Authors Association's Emerging Writer Award.[5]
Czaga graduated from the University of Victoria in 2011 with a degree in English and creative writing before pursuing an MFA at the University of British Columbia.[6] Her poetry has also been published in The Puritan, The Walrus, Room, Event, The Malahat Review and The Antigonish Review.
Her newest poetry book, Dunk Tank, was published in 2019.[7]
Notes and References
- Richard Sanger . What Makes Poetry Worth Reading?: A new wave of Canadian poets are giving us poems as complex and varied as the country itself . . July 3, 2018. January 18, 2020.
- http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/06/03/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-annual-award-winners/ "League of Canadian Poets announces annual award winners"
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/governor-generals-literary-awards-announces-finalists/article26696187/ "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists"
- http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/entertainment/local-a-e/budde-in-running-for-bc-book-prize-1.1791701 "Budde in running for BC Book Prize"
- http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/06/10/miriam-toews-sean-michaels-among-2015-canadian-authors-association-literary-awards-finalists/ "Miriam Toews, Sean Michaels among 2015 Canadian Authors Association Literary Awards finalists"
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180215024007/http://old.ubyssey.ca/culture/mfa-graduate-finds-inspiration-in-the-oddest-of-places-the-bus-986/ "MFA graduate finds inspiration in the oddest of places: the bus"
- https://www.cbc.ca/books/20-works-of-canadian-poetry-to-check-out-in-spring-2019-1.4988169 "20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019"
