Vivian Hansen

Vivian Hansen was born June 29, 1957 to Danish immigrants. Her nonfiction and poetry have encountered women's issues, the western landscape, work and immigration. She is the co-founder of the Calgary Women's Writing Projectc. She has taught poetry and life writing with the Alexandra Writers' Centre in Calgary. She facilitates workshops in poetry and life writing for the aged and disabled.

 

Awards
Arrol Award for Nonfiction, 1996.
Self-Connection Book Award, 1997.
Second Prize, CWA Poetry Award, 2000
Odes of March Poetry Award, Second Prize, 2002.

 

Selected Publications
Never Call It Bird (Passwords Enterprises, 1998) ISBN 0-9680918-1-4.
Leylines of My Flesh (Touchwood Press, 2002) ISBN 0-96878612-X.

 

Selected Anthologies
Threshold (U of A Press, 1999) ISBN 088864-338-1.
Our Grandmothers, Ourselves (Raincoast, 1999) ISBN 1-55192-270-3.
Running Barefoot (Rowan/Coteau, 2001) ISBN 0-9685257-9-2.

 

Books in Print
Hansen, Vivian
Never Call It Bird (Passwords Enterprises, 1998) ISBN 0-9680918-1-4, $9.95.
Leylines of My Flesh (Touchwood Press, 2002) ISBN 0-96878612-X, $14.95.

 

Vivian Hansen,1330 Ranchlands Way NW, Calgary, AB T3G 1R2.
e-mail: vivipoet@shaw.ca or
vhansen@acalgary.ca

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