Poet Geddes gets LG Prize
Poet Geddes gets LG Prize-
British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence
Vancouver-born poet and writer Gary Geddes has captured the fifth annual Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence in British Columbia.
Organizers announced the winner of the prize Friday night. The award, worth $5,000, recognizes B.C. writers who have contributed to the development of literary excellence in the province.
The three-member panel said Geddes was chosen "for the integrity of his creative work, for his active and generous promotion of other writers and for the words he has given to help map the literary geography of British Columbia."
The 67-year-old author of more than 30 books is also a critic, editor and long-time educator who taught at Concordia University in Montreal from 1978 to 1998. He is currently an adjunct professor with the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia.
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