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Neil Aitken [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Translator
Public address: 
Vancouver, BC
Canada
British Columbia CA
Email: 
neil.aitken@gmail.com
Bio: 

Neil Aitken is the author of two full-length collections of poetry: Babbage's Dream (Sundress, 2017) and The Lost Country of Sight (Anhinga, 2008), winner of the 2007 Philip Levine Prize. His poetry chapbook, Leviathan (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2016), was awarded the Elgin Prize for sci-fi poetry chapbook. The founding editor of Boxcar Poetry Review, he also serves as the curator of Have Book Will Travel, the co-director of De-Canon: A Visibility Project, and the host of The Lit Fantastic podcast and radio show. He is a past Kundiman Poetry Fellow and in recent years served as the Virtual Writer-in-Residence for the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild and the Writer-in-Residence for the Regina Public Library. He is currently completing his Master's in Library & Information Science at UBC. In addition to working as a Digital Projects Specialist at UBC, he continues to work as a freelance creative writing coach and manuscript editor. He 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Philip Levine, Li-Young Lee, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Eugenia Leigh, Oliver de la Paz, Larry Levis, Chris Abani, Michael Ondaatje, Robertson Davies, Jane Kenyon, Jane Hirschfield
Twitter/X: 
@neil_aitken
Born in: 
Vancouver, BC
Canada
British Columbia
Raised in: 
Regina, SK
Canada
Saskatchewan
Website: 
https://www.neil-aitken.com [2]
Prizes won: 
  • Elgin Prize for Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Chapbook (for Leviathan). 2016.
  • DJS Translation Prize (for co-translations of 10 contemporary Chinese poets). 2012.
  • Philip Levine Prize for Poetry (for The Lost Country of Sight). 2007.
  • Prairie Poetry Friends' Prize (for "Adrift"). 2004.
Education: 
University of California, Riverside
University of Southern California
Identifies as: 
Asian American
Canadian
Chinese
Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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