- 1975 Non-fiction Line Screw: Memoir of a Prison Guard - 1994 Anthologies Light Like a Summons - 1990 Awards International Broadcasting Award, 1960 and 1961 Major Hopwood Award for Poetry and Drama from the University of Michigan, 1964 Look of Books Award, 1972 Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts and Sciences from the University of Missouri The Writer's Choice Award, 1988 The Vancouver Award for Line Screw [1994] References External links Official Site Archives of J. Michael Yates (J. Michael Yates fonds, R11834) are held at Library and Archives Canada 1938 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets 21st-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights University of Missouri alumni University of Michigan alumni Writers from Missouri Writers from Vancouver Canadian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male writers