Jane Munro

Jane Munro is a Canadian poet. She has published six collections of poetry, including Blue Sonora, which won the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize. Munro was born in North Vancouver, and raised in Indiana, in the United States. She studied in Turkey, and Ottawa, before returning to Vancouver where she studied at the University of British Columbia under poet Robin Blaser.[1][2] She taught creative writing in several Vancouver universities, and published her first collection, Grief Notes & Animal Dreams, in 1994. Munro uses a blend of Eastern and Western styles in her compositions.[3] She is a proponent of Iyengar yoga.[3] Munro belongs to the poetry collective Yoko's Dogs along with Susan Gillis, Jan Conn, and Mary di Michele.[2] She currently lives in Vancouver.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Jane Munro". CanLit Poets. Canadian Literature.
  2. 1 2 Medley, Mark (June 4, 2015). "Jane Munro's Blue Sonoma wins Griffin Poetry Prize". Globe and Mail.
  3. 1 2 Wotherspoon, Kasia (June 27, 2014). "An Interview with Jane Munro". Canadian Women in the Literary Arts. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jane Munro | 2015 Shortlist | Shortlists | Awards and Poets |". www.griffinpoetryprize.com. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
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