Sonnet L'Abbé
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Sonnet L'Abbé is a Canadian poet. L'Abbé writes about national identity, social exclusion, race, environmental crisis, the feminine, language acts, the body, psychology, aesthetics and art.
Born in Toronto, Ontario L'Abbé received a BFA in film and video from York University, and completed a Master's degree in English literature from the University of Guelph. She has been a script reader and has taught English at universities in South Korea and taught Creative Writing at the University of Toronto. She is also a regular reviewer for The Globe and Mail and Canadian Literature, and an occasional contributor to CBC Radio One. She is currently studying at the University of British Columbia.
Her work has appeared in a number of literary journals and several anthologies including Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets and Red Silk: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women Poets.
L'Abbé is multiracial; her father is Franco-Ontarian and her mother is Guyanese of South Asian mixed descent. Her father, Jason L'Abbé, is a well-known Canadian ceramic artist.
[edit] Books
- A Strange Relief (2001)
- Killarnoe (2007)
[edit] Awards
- Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, 1999
- Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award, 2000
