Canadian lesbian poet wins prestigious book prize
A lesbian writer has been awarded the Trillium book prize for best poetry book.
The Canadian poet Rachel Zolf won the award, as well as $10,000 (£5,010) prize money, for her book Human Resources.
The Trillium Awards, awarded by the Ontario government, is the province's leading award for literature. Aileen Carroll, Ontario's Minister of Culture, said:
"The Trillium Book Award gives us an opportunity to celebrate and promote some of our finest authors.
"The finalists and award winners have all played an important role in fostering a culture of creativity in our province.
"I congratulate each of them on receiving this distinguished prize."
Ms Zolf's Human Resources was recently short-listed at the world's pre-eminent LGBT Literary awards.
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Ms. Zolf's works include:
posted by Tom Jackson @ Friday, June 13, 2008
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