Roxanna Bennett Explained

Roxanna Bennett is a Canadian poet, whose 2019 collection Unmeaningable won the Raymond Souster Award^[1] and the Trillium Book Award for English Poetry^[2] in 2020.

Unmeaningable was also shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award, and their 2021 collection The Untranslatable I was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.^[3] The Untranslatable I was a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award for Poetry^[4] and won the League of Canadian Poets' Raymond Souster Award.^[5]

Based in Whitby, Ontario,^[6] Bennett's poetry centres on disability.^[7]

Works

• The Uncertainty Principle (2014)
• the unseen garden (2018)
• Unmeaningable (2019)
• The Untranslatable I (2021)

Notes and References

1. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.
2. Ryan Porter, "Téa Mutonji, Roxanna Bennett win 2020 Trillium Book Awards". Quill & Quire, June 17, 2020.
3. https://www.cbc.ca/books/ivan-coyote-david-a-robertson-julie-flett-among-finalists-for-25k-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.6209298 "Ivan Coyote, David A. Robertson & Julie Flett among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards"
4. News: 2022-05-10 . Ontario authors Brian Francis, Liz Howard & Ann Shin among finalists for the 2022 Trillium Book Awards . CBC . 2022-10-10.
5. Web site: Drudi . Cassandra . 2022-05-05 . League of Canadian Poets announces 2022 awards winners - Quill and Quire . 2022-10-10 . Quill and Quire . en.
6. Jane van Koeverden, "Chantal Gibson, Heather Birrell, Roxanna Bennett & Charlie C Petch winners of top Canadian poetry prizes". CBC Books, May 11, 2020.
7. Robert Colman, "Breaking Past the Normative: A review of Roxanna Bennett's 'Unmeaningable' and Tom Prime and Gary Barwin's 'A Cemetery for Holes'". Prism International, February 20, 2020.