糖心vlog传媒English instructor Jordan Scott recently won the 2018 Latner Writers鈥� Trust Poetry Prize, recognizing his body of work and contributions to Canadian poetry.
The $25,000 national poetry prize recognizes a Canadian poet for outstanding mastery in the art of poetry.
Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence and David Young founded the Writers鈥� Trust of Canada in 1976 to ensure Canadian writing continues to thrive.
鈥淭he award came as a complete surprise,鈥� said Scott. 鈥淚t鈥檚 humbling to be recognized in this way 鈥� for a body of work 鈥� it鈥檚 beyond anything I ever imagined.鈥�
He has published four poetry books: Slit, blert, Decomp and Night & Ox. He has also produced two collections following his experience touring the Guant谩namo Bay detention camp: Clearance Process and Lanterns at Guant谩苍补尘辞.
Of Scott鈥檚 poetry, the Writers鈥� Trust jury said, 鈥淗is associations, insinuations, discoveries, tensions and mysterious propulsive force 鈥� these manifestations of his consciousness 鈥� are wondrous.鈥�
Scott began writing poetry in grade school and the support he received when he was starting out inspired him to teach.
鈥淚 really enjoy my interactions with students,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 was fortunate to always have great mentors and I want to continually honour that patience, guidance and kindness.鈥�
Scott hopes to encourage students, especially aspiring writers, to study and write poetry.
鈥淧oetry allows you such freedom to explore language, not just in terms of words and meanings, but things like rhythm and sound,鈥� said Scott. 鈥淚 look at language like a material 鈥� like clay 鈥� which you can tear apart and reassemble to create something unique to how your body moves, to how you breathe. It鈥檚 a wonderfully mysterious medium.鈥�
This January, he will be teaching , one of a wide range of English courses at 糖心vlog传媒on topics such as writing fundamentals to fiction, non-fiction, poetry and travel writing.
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