George Elliott Clarke

George Elliott Clarke is a Canadian poet and playwright. Born in Windsor Plains, Nova Scotia, he has spent much of his career writing about the Black communities of Nova Scotia and served for a time in the African-American Studies department at Duke University. He earned a BA Honours degree in English from the University of Waterloo (1984), an MA in English from Dalhousie University (1989), and a PhD in English from Queenâ??s University (1993). In addition, he has received honorary degrees from Dalhousie University (LLD), the University of New Brunswick (LittD), the University of Alberta (LittD), and the University of Waterloo (LittD). He is currently professor of English at the University of Toronto.

In 2001 he won the Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award for poetry for his book Execution Poems. Clarkeâ??s work largely explores and chronicles the experience and history of the black Canadian community of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography that Clarke often refers to as Africadia. Clarkeâ??s Whylah Falls was one of the selected books in the 2002 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Nalo Hopkinson.

Books by George Elliott Clarke

Canticles III

Where Beauty Survived

Canticles III (MMXXII)

White

Blacks in Canada

The Quest for a 'National' Nationalism

Canticles II: (MMXX)

Portia White

Canticles II: (MMXIX)

Luminous Ink

J. J. Steinfeld

Odysseys Home

The Merchant of Venice (Retried)

The Motorcyclist

Canticles I: (MMXVII)

Canticles I: (MMXVI)

Gold

The Motorcyclist

Lasso the Wind

Illicit Sonnets

Leaving the Shade of the Middle Ground

Directions Home

Black

Blue

Blues and Bliss

Red

George And Rue

Whylah Falls

Execution Poems

I & I

Trudeau

Tightrope Time

Québécité

Africadian History

Lush Dreams, Blue Exile

Fire on the Water Vol.2