Birk Sproxton (August 12, 1943 – March 14, 2007) was a Canadian poet and novelist who lived in Red Deer, Alberta.
Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Sproxton studied in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba before moving west to Alberta. He taught creative writing at Red Deer College for over three decades, while working on his own projects.
Sproxton was a prolific writer and editor. One of his later works, Phantom Lake, North of 54 (University of Alberta Press, 2005) won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award as well as Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award. His edited volumes include: Sounds Assembling: The Poetry of Bertram Brooker (Turnstone Press, 1980); Trace: Prairie Writers on Writing (Turnstone Press, 1986); and Great Stories from the Prairies (Red Deer Press, 2003) and The Winnipeg Connection: Writing Lives at Mid-Century (Prairie Fire Press, 2006) in the year before his death.
birk, sproxton, august, 1943, march, 2007, canadian, poet, novelist, lived, deer, alberta, born, flin, flon, manitoba, sproxton, studied, winnipeg, university, manitoba, before, moving, west, alberta, taught, creative, writing, deer, college, over, three, deca. Birk Sproxton August 12 1943 March 14 2007 was a Canadian poet and novelist who lived in Red Deer Alberta Born in Flin Flon Manitoba Sproxton studied in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba before moving west to Alberta He taught creative writing at Red Deer College for over three decades while working on his own projects Sproxton was a prolific writer and editor One of his later works Phantom Lake North of 54 University of Alberta Press 2005 won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award as well as Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award His edited volumes include Sounds Assembling The Poetry of Bertram Brooker Turnstone Press 1980 Trace Prairie Writers on Writing Turnstone Press 1986 and Great Stories from the Prairies Red Deer Press 2003 and The Winnipeg Connection Writing Lives at Mid Century Prairie Fire Press 2006 in the year before his death His archival records are held at the University of Manitoba Archives amp Special Collections Selected bibliography editHeadframe 1985 ISBN 0 88801 099 0 The Hockey Fan Came Riding 1990 ISBN 0 88995 056 3 The Red Headed Woman with the Black Black Heart 1997 ISBN 0 88801 216 0 Headframe 2 2006 ISBN 0 88801 317 5Photographs edit nbsp Cooley Lent Sproxton Winnipeg 2004 nbsp nbsp This article about a poet from Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Birk Sproxton amp oldid 1093711338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
