Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen

Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen was born in Saskatoon and grew up on the prairies. Her poems and stories have been published in several Canadian journals and anthologies. She won an inaugural John V. Hicks manuscript prize for her second collection of poetry, Šr, due out with Brick Books in Spring 2003. She recently moved to Halifax with her husband James and their two small boys.

 

Awards
John V. Hicks Manuscript Award -- 2000
Short Grain Prose-poem, 3rd place -- 1999
Saskatchewan Book Award, Poetry -- 1996
Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award -- 1996
SWG Literary Award, 1st place poetry -- 1996
Bronwen Wallace Poetry Award, Hon. Mention -- 1994

 

Selected Publications
Clay Birds (Coteau Books, 1996) ISBN 1-55050-094-5

 

Selected Anthologies
Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets (Habour Publishing, 1995) ISBN 1-55017-125-9
Vital Signs (Oberon, 1997) ISBN 0-7780-1062-7

 

Books in Print
Klaassen, Tonja Gunvaldsen
Clay Birds Poetry (Coteau Books, 1996) ISBN 1-55050-094-5, $9.95.

 

Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, , 2411 MacDonald Street, Halifax, NS B3L 3G3 Canada
e-mail: tonja.james@ns.sympatico.ca

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