Erin Mouré was born in Calgary Alberta in 1955 and has lived in Montreal since 1985. She works as a translator and editor, and has translated poetry from French, Galician, Spanish, Portuguese. (Photo credit: Kim Fullerton)
Awards
National Magazine Award for Poetry, 1982; silver, 1993.
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award, 1985.
Governor General's Award for Poetry, 1988.
QSPELL Award for Poetry, 1990.
Governor General's Award for Poetry, finalist, 1979, 1996, 2002.
Griffin Prize, finalist, 2002.
City of Toronto Book Awards, finalist, 2002.
Selected Publications
Empire, York Street. (House of Anansi Press,
1979).
The Whisky Vigil. (Harbour Publishing, 1981).
Wanted Alive. (House of Anansi Press, 1983).
Domestic Fuel. (House of Anansi Press, 1985).
Furious. (House of Anansi Press, 1988).
WSW (West South West). (Véhicule Press, 1989).
Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love. (Véhicule Press,
1992).
The Green Word: Selected Poems. (Oxford University Press,
1994).
Search Procedures. (House of Anansi Press, 1996).
A Frame of the Book. (House of Anansi Press, 1999).
O Cidadán
(House of Anansi Press, 2002)
ISBN 0-88784-674-2.
Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person: A
Translation of Alberto
Caeiro/Fernando Pessoa's "O Guardador de Rebanhos"
(House of Anansi Press
year, 2001)
ISBN 0-88784-660-2.
Pillage Laud
(Moveable Texts, 1999)
ISBN 0-9684908-0-8.
Selected Anthologies
The New Canadian Poets, 1970-1985. (McClelland
& Stewart, 1985).
20th Century Poetry and Poetics, 4th edition. (Canadian
Voices, Delhi, India, 1996).
Moving Borders. (Talisman House, 1998).
Books in Print
Mouré, Erin
A Frame of the Book. House of Anansi Press, 1999. $19.95,
ISBN: 0-88784-6327
Domestic Fuel. Anansi, 1985. $8.95 ISBN: 0-88784-143-0.
Furious. Anansi, 1988. $11.95 ISBN: 0-88784-542-8.
Search Procedures. House of Anansi Press, 1996. $15.95
ISBN 0-88784-575-4.
Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love. Vâhicule Press, 1992.
$9.95 ISBN: 1-55065-028-0.
The Green Word. Selected Poems 1973-1992. Oxford University
Press, 1994. $12.95 ISBN 0-19541-07-7.
The Whisky Vigil. Harbour Publishing, 1981. $3.95 ISBN:
0-920080-25-1.
Wanted Alive. Anansi, 1983. $8.95 ISBN: 0-88784-097-3.
WSW (West South West). Vâhicule Press, 1989. $9.95
ISBN: 1-55065-000-9.
O Cidadán
(House of Anansi Press, 2002)
ISBN 0-88784-674-2.
Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person: A
Translation of Alberto
Caeiro/Fernando Pessoa's "O Guardador de Rebanhos"
(House of Anansi Press
year, 2001)
ISBN 0-88784-660-2.
Pillage Laud
(Moveable Texts, 1999)
ISBN 0-9684908-0-8.