Dennis Cooley, John Lent, and Birk Sproxton in Winnipeg, 2004. Photo by Thistle2012. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Birk Sproxton (August 12, 1943 - March 14, 2007) was a Canadian poet and novelist.
Life[]
Sproxton was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba.
He studied in Winnipeg, earning B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Manitoba.
He then moved to Red Deer, Alberta, where he taught creative writing at Red Deer College for 31 years.[1]
Sproxton was also an editor, having completed The Winnipeg Connection: Writing lives at mid-century in the year before his death.
He died of myocardial infarction.
Recognition[]
In 2005, his book Phantom Lake, North of 54, won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award and the Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award.[1]
In 2007 Sproxton delivered the 25th Annual Majorie Ward Lecture at St. John?s College, University of Manitoba.[1] .
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Headframe. Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 1985. ISBN 0-88801-099-0
- Headframe: 2. Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 2006. ISBN 0-88801-317-5
Novel[]
- The Hockey Fan Came Riding. Red Deer, AB: Red Deer Press, 1990. ISBN 0-88995-056-3
- The Red-Headed Woman with the Black Black Heart. Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 1997. ISBN 0-88801-216-0
Non-fiction[]
- Phantom Lake: North of 54. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 2005. ISBN 0-88864-442-6
Edited[]
- Bertram Brooker, Sounds Assembling: The poetry of Bertram Brooker. Winnipeg, MB: Turnstrone Press, 1980.
- Trace: Prairie writers on writing. Winnipeg, NB: Turnstone Press, 1986.
- Great Stories from the Prairies. Calgary, AB: Red Deer Press, 2000. ISBN 0-88995-223-X
- The Winnipeg Connection: Writing lives at mid-century. Winnipeg, MB: Prairie Fire Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9731608-1-0
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy Abe Books.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Fonds[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Memorable Manitobans: Birk Ernest Sproxton (1943-2007), Manitoba Historical Society, Web, June 11, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = Birk Sproxton, Abe Books. Web, May 19, 2013.
External links[]
- Audio / video
- Phantom Lake: North of 54 reviewed at YouTube
- Books
- Birk Sproxton at Amazon.ca
- Birk Sproxton at Turnstone Press
- About
- Memorable Manitobans: Birk Ernest Sproxton (1943-2007), Manitoba Historical Society.
- Birk Sproxton obituary, from the Red Deer Advocate at rob mclennan's blog
- "Birk Sproxton: Writing, life, and remembrance" at Prairie Fire
- Review of Headframe: 2 in PoetryReviews.ca.
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