Gary Geddes (edit name/settings)

Award winning author and poet, Gary Geddes, earned a Bachelor's Degree in English and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and received an Master's and Doctorate in English from the University of Toronto. From 1978 to 1998 he taught English and Creative Writing at Corcordia University and in 1998 he was appointed Distinguished Professor of Canadian Culture at Western Washington University where he continued until 2001. He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Royal Roads University. He served as writer-in-residence at Green College at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Public Library and he taught English at the British Columbia Institute of Technology as well as the University of Victoria. Gary Geddes has written or edited over thirty-five books. His works include fiction, non-fiction, drama, translation, criticism, anthologies and seventeen books of poetry.

Awards

* E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize for Poetry (1970).
* National Poetry Prize, for The Acid Test (1981).
* Canadian Authors Association Literary Award, poetry (1982).
* America's Best Book Award, Commonwealth Poetry Competition, for The Terracotta Army (1985).
* Writers' Choice Award (1987).
* National Magazine Gold Award, for Hong Kong (1987).
* Archibald Lampman Award (1989).
* Arvon International Poetry Competition, short list (1993).
* Poetry Book Society Recommendation, UK, for Active Trading (1996).
* Gabriela Mistral Prize from the Government of Chile (1996).
* Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence in British Columbia (2008)