Kevin Irie was born in Toronto and received an M.A. in English
from the
University of Toronto. His work has been published both here and abroad
in the
U.S., the U.K., and Australia, and has been translated into Spanish and
Japanese.
He lives and writes in Toronto.
Awards
City of Toronto Book Award, finalist, 1997.
First Prize for 2000 Poetry contest in "Rice Paper."
ReLit Poetry Award, longlist, 2005
Selected Publications
Burning the Dead. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1992).
The Colour of Eden. (Owl's Head Press, 1996.
Dinner At Madonna's
(Frontenac House,
2003) ISBN 0-973280-0-3.
Angel
Blood: The Tess Poems (Frontenac House, 2004) ISBN
0-9732380-4-6.
Selected Anthologies
Another Way to Dance: Asian-Canadian Poetry.
(Williams-Wallace
Publishers, 1990).
Multiculturalism. (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1993).
Vintage 95. (Quarry Press/The League of Canadian Poets,
1996).
Exact Fare Only 2. (Anvil Press, 2003).
Inside Track 1, (Oxford University Press, 2005)
No Holds Barred- Readings from Quartet 2004. (Frontenac House, 2004).
Books in Print
Irie, Kevin
Burning the Dead. Wolsak
and Wynn, 1992.
$10.00 ISBN: 0-919897-30-4.
The Colour of Eden. Owl's
Head
Press, 1996. $9.95 ISBN 0-920635-10-5.
Dinner at Madonna's. Frontenac House, 2003. $14.95 ISBN 0-973280-0-3.
Angel Blood: The Tess Poems. Frontenac House, 2004. $15.95 ISBN 0-9732380-4-6.
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