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Latest revision as of 05:48, 30 August 2023
John Weier is a Canadian poet born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1949. Formerly the president of the League of Canadian Poets, he has published five collections of poetry as well as a number of works of fiction and non-fiction. Weier grew up in a Mennonite family in southern Manitoba, and lived in Niagara on the Lake before returning to Winnipeg.[1]
He has been the writer-in-residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, owns his own chapbook company, and also works as a professional luthier. In 2004 his book Stand the Sacred Tree: Journeys in Place and Memory was shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Weier Winnipeg International Writers Festival". Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ Lawrence Klippenstein. "Journal of Mennonite Studies". Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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