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Apr 04, 1964 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 60 years old
Canadian writer
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About Susan Goyette
- Susan (Sue) Goyette (born 4 April 1964 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Goyette grew up in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on Montreal's south shore. Her first poetry book, The True Names of Birds (1998), was nominated for the 1999 Governor General's Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Gerald Lampert Award.
- Goyette's first novel, Lures (2002), was nominated for the 2003 Thomas Head Raddall Award.
- She has also written another poetry collection, Undone (2004), and won the 2008 CBC Literary Award in poetry for the poem "Outskirts".
- The poetry collection of the same name, Outskirts, won the Atlantic Poetry Prize in 2012.
- Goyette's fourth poetry collection, Ocean, was published in 2013 by Gaspereau Press.
- Her fifth poetry collection, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl, was published in 2015 by Gaspereau Press.Goyette's collection Ocean is the recipient of the 2015 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award, which recognizes the excellence of a particular work of art or design from any media and carries a cash value of $25,000.Goyette has been a member of the faculty of The Maritime Writers' Workshop, The Banff Wired Studio, and The Sage Hill Writing Experience. Goyette is a judge for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize. She presently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and teaches at Dalhousie University.
