John Barton (poet)
Introduction '''John Barton''' (born 1957) is a Canadian poet.
Early life Barton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1957 but was raised in Calgary.
Education Barton studied at the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Quebec, Victoria University, and Columbia University in New York.He originally wanted to study architecture but did poorly in calculus and was enrolled in English courses in the Faculté Saint-Jean at the University of Alberta. He became a poet upon realization that there were fewer factors affecting his ability to excel in his chosen vocation. In 1986, he graduated from the University of Western Ontario, with a Master of Library and Information Science. Also, Barton studied Book Editing at the Banff Publishing Centre in 1994.Barton studied poetry with Eli Mandel, Gary Geddes, Robin Skelton, Joseph Brodsky, and Daniel Halpern.
Career Barton has written ten books of poetry.Since 1980 his poems have appeared in seventy-five magazines and thirty anthologies in North America, the United Kingdom, India, and Australia.Barton was co-editor of ''Arc Poetry Magazine'' from 1990 to 2003.He edits ''The Malahat Review'' and was poetry editor for Winnipeg's Signature Editions from 2006 5 to 2008.He co-founded the Poem of the Year Contest in 1996.He was writer-in-residence at the Saskatoon Public Library from September 2008 to May 2008.During the 2010/11 academic year, he was writer-in-residence at University of New Brunswick and in the fall 2015 term, at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Additionally he worked as a librarian and editor for five museums in Ottawa between 1986 and 2003.He has lived in Victoria, British Columbia since 2004.He and Billeh Nickerson co-edited the anthology ''Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets'', published in 2007 by Arsenal Pulp Press. In 2012 his ''Selected Poems'' were published by Nightwood.
Awards * 1986: Patricia Hackett Prize, University of Western Australia* 1988: Archibald Lampman Award, for ''West of Darkness: Emily Carr, a self-portrait''* 1995: Archibald Lampman Award, for ''Designs from the Interior''* 1995: Ottawa Book Award* 1999: Archibald Lampman Award, for ''Sweet Ellipsis''* 2003: CBC Literary Award (Second Prize)* 2006: National Magazine Award (Silver)* 2019: Victoria's Poet Laureate
Works ===Poetry===*1981: ''A Poor Photographer''. Sono Nis Press* 1984: ''Hidden Structure'. Ekstasis Editions*1987: ''West of Darkness: Emily Carr, a Self-Portrait.'' Penumbra Press*1993:  *1994: *1998: *1999: *2001: *2009: ''Hymn''. Brick Books*2012: ''For the Boy with the Eyes of the Virgin: Selected Poems''. Nightwood Editions*2014: ''Polari''. Goose Lane Editions===Chapbooks===*1995: ''Destinations, Leaving the Map'', above/ground press*1999: ''Oxygen'', above/ground press*1999: *2003: *2004 ''Asymmetries'', Frog Hollow Press Book One: House of the Present; Book Two: The Strata. *2012: ''Balletomane: The Program Notes of Lincoln'' Kirstein. JackPine*2016: ''Reframing Paul Cadmus: Pictures from an Exhibition''. above/ground press===Criticism===*"Trends in Canadian Poetry", ''Educational Insights'', 11(1)===Editor===* *
References
External links * ''Canadian Poets'', University of Toronto* "John Barton - Interview", ''Literary Photographer'', October 24, 2008 * Poet Laureate, City of Victoria