Alexandra Oliver | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Vancouver |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1990s-present |
Notable works | Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway |
Spouse | Dragan Basekic |
Website | |
Official website |
Alexandra Oliver (born 1970) is a Canadian poet, who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2014 for her collection Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway. [1] [2]
A graduate of the University of Toronto and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing, Oliver began as a Vancouver-based slam poet in the early 1990s, [3] and appeared in the 1998 documentary film SlamNation. [4]
Alexandra Oliver | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Vancouver |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1990s-present |
Notable works | Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway |
Spouse | Dragan Basekic |
Website | |
Official website |
Alexandra Oliver (born 1970) is a Canadian poet, who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2014 for her collection Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway. [1] [2]
A graduate of the University of Toronto and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing, Oliver began as a Vancouver-based slam poet in the early 1990s, [3] and appeared in the 1998 documentary film SlamNation. [4]