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Jon Paul Fiorentino

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Jon Paul Fiorentino. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Jon Paul Fiorentino (born December 11, 1975)[1] is a Canadian poet, academic, and editor.

Life[]

Fiorentino was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

After 2 years (1996-1998) at the University of Manitoba, in 1998 he entered Concordia University, Montreal, where he earned a B.A. in 2000 and an M.A. in 2003, both in English and creative writing.[2]

He has taught creative writing and English at Concordia since 2012.[2]

He has been publisher and editor-in-chief of Matrix magazine since 2006,[2] and founded Snare Books, a Canadian publishing company.

Recognition[]

His 2010 poetry collection Indexical Elegies won the 2010 CBC Book Club Award for Best Book of Poetry.[3]

Awards[]

  • Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Finalist for Stripmalling. 2009.
  • CUPFA Professional Development Grant: $4,000 for the completion of Indexical *Elegies. 2009.
  • Canada Council for the Arts. Writer Grant: $17,500 for the completion of *Stripmalling. 2008.
  • Expozine Alternative Press Award for The Theory of the Loser Class. 2006.
  • A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry Finalist for The Theory of the Loser Class. 2006.
  • 2004 National Magazine Award for Best Editorial Package. Honourable Mention. (Maisonneuve.)
  • The Carol Shields Book Award Finalist for Transcona Fragments. 2003.


  • Thomas McKeen Award for Best Thesis. Shortlist. Concordia University. 2003.


  • The Wynne Francis Award. Concordia University. 2002.


  • University of Winnipeg Writer's Circle Prize. 1999.


  • University of Winnipeg Undergraduate Research Award In The Social Sciences. 1998.
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Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Hover. Winnipeg, MB: Staccato Chapbooks, 2000.
  • Poetic Stream Three. Maxville, ON: above / ground, 2001.
  • Transcona Fragments:Poems. Winnipeg, MB: Cyclops Press, 2002.
  • Resume Drowning. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press, 2002.
  • Prairielit. . Maxville, ON: above / ground, 2003.
  • Hello Serotonin. Toronto: Coach House, 2004.
  • Selected Losses. Toronto: BookThug, 2005.
  • The Theory of the Loser Class: A work in three parts. Toronto: Coach House, 2006.
  • Indexical Elegies. Toronto: Coach House, 2010.
  • Needs Improvement. Toronto: Coach House, 2013.

Novel[]

  • Stripmalling: A novel. Toronto: ECW Press, 2009.

Short fiction[]

  • Asthmatica. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2005.
  • I'm Not Scared of You or Anything (illustrated by Maryanna Hardy). Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2014.

Edited[]

  • Career Suicide! Contemporary literary humour. Montreal: DC Books, 2003.
  • Pissing Ice: An anthology of new Canadian poets (edited with Jay Millar). Toronto: BookThug, 2004.
  • Post-Prairie: An anthology of new poetry (edited with Robert Kroetsch). Vancouver:Talonbooks, 2005.
  • George Elliott Clarke, Blues and Bliss: The poetry of George Elliott Clarke. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008.
  • Katrina Best, Bird Eat Bird: Stories. London, ON: Insomniac Press, 2010.
  • Julie McIsaac, Entry Level: Stories. London, ON: Insomniac Press, 2012.
  • Andrew Szymanski, The Barista and I: Stories. London, ON: Insomniac Press, 2012.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]

Audio / video[]

Radio[]

  • “I Wanna Be Your Alpha Male.” Radio Essay for All in a Weekend, CBC Radio One, 2005.
  • “The Hostility Suite.” Radio Essay for All in a Weekend, CBC Radio One, 2005.

Television[]

  • I Wanna Be Your Alpha Male. Animated Short. Lacrymose Films / BRAVO Fact, 2006
  • Heart of a Poet, Episode 17: Jon Paul Fiorentino (DVD). Heart of a Poet Productions, 2006.[4]

Film[]

  • Stripmalling (co-writer (with Katrina Best). Feature Length Film. Philms, Summer 2015.
SLS_Montreal_-_Jon_Paul_Fiorentino_Reading

SLS Montreal - Jon Paul Fiorentino Reading


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy Jon Paul Fiorentino.[2]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Summary, File:Choice 1 jpg, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia Foundation, Web, Jun. 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 CV, Jon Paul Fiorentino. Web, Apr. 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ JonPaulFiorentino.com, Home page, Web, Mar. 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Search results = au:Jon Paul Fiorentino, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 24, 2015.

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