Cornelia Hoogland
Cornelia Hoogland is a writer (poet and playwright) and
scholar (she teaches at the University of Western Ontario, where she
can
be reached at chooglan@uwo.ca). She recently launched her fourth book Cuba Journal: Writing and Language
(Black Moss Press, 2003) in Canada,
and in Cuba and the Philippines at international conferences.
Selections
of Cuba Journal as well as
Hoogland's third book of poetry, You
Are
Home (Black Moss Press, 2001), were shortlisted for the CBC
radio
literary awards. Other books include The
Wire-Thin Bride (Turnstone,
1990), Marrying the Animals
(Brick Books,1995), and Salmonberry:
A West
Coast Fairy Tale (International Plays for Young Audiences,
Meriwether,
2000) which was also performed at the 1999 International Women
Playwrights
Conference in Athens.
Hoogland has performed, lectured, and worked
internationally (Cuba, Brazil, U.S. and England) in the areas of poetry
and drama. This past year she was the keynote speaker at the Conference
On The Role Of The Imagination In Language Learning in New York.
Hoogland's recent work for theatre include Country Of My Skin at the
London One-Act Festival at the Grand Theatre, Lesleigh Turner, Director
(June, 2004); Our work Lies in the
Silence that Leads to Laughter, Grand
Theatre Playwrights’ Cabaret, London, Ontario, 2004, Susan Ferley,
Director; Until then, dear Kitty,
Grand Theatre Playwrights’ Cabaret,
London, Ontario, 2003, Jeff Culbert, Director; Rhymes with Void, Festival
of Original Theatre and Film, University of Toronto, Diana Manole,
Director, 2003; Last Afternoon as
Herself, Expressions of Alzheimers,
London, Ontario, Cornelia Hoogland, Director.
Awards
Banff Centre Scholarships, 1986-1992.
National Magazine Poetry Award Nomination by Queen's Quarterly,
1993.
Playwright Recommender Program, Muskoka Festival, 1995.
(M)other Tongue Chapbook Competition, first runner-up, 1995.
Other Voices Poetry Contest, first place, 1995.
CBC Tilden Canadian Literary Awards finalist, 1996.
Selected Publications
The Wire-Thin Bride. (Turnstone Press, 1990) ISBN
0-88801-147-4.
Marrying the Animals. (Brick Books, 1995) ISBN 0-919626-84-X.
You are Home
(Black Moss Press, 2001)
ISBN 0-88753-358-2.
Cuba Journal: Language and Writing
(Black Moss Press, 2003)
ISBN 0-88753-385-X.
Selected Anthologies
Stroll Anthology. (The Stroll of Poets Society, 1993).
Canadian Women Writers. (Prairie Schooner, special issue, 1993).
Vintage 94. (Quarry Press/The League of Canadian Poets, 1995).
Between Cultures: An Anthology of Poems. (The League of
Canadian Poets, 1995).
Books in Print
Hoogland, Cornelia
Marrying the Animals. Brick Books, 1995. $11.95. ISBN:
0-919626-84-X.
The Wire-Thin Bride. Turnstone Press, 1990. $8.95. ISBN:
0-88801-147-4.
You are Home
(Black Moss Press, 2001)
ISBN 0-88753-358-2.
Cuba Journal: Language and Writing
(Black Moss Press, 2003)
ISBN 0-88753-385-X.
Cornelia Hoogland,
19 The Ridgeway, London, ON
N6C 1A2
phone: 519 434 7815; fax: 519 661 3833chooglan@uwo.ca
http://publish.edu.uwo.ca/cornelia.hoogland/
