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Patrick Lane

Patrick Lane, considered by most writers and critics to be one of Canada's finest poets, was born in 1939 in Nelson, BC. He grew up in the Kootenay and Okanagan regions of the BC Interior, primarily in Vernon. He came to Vancouver and co-founded a small press, Very Stone House, with bill bissett and Seymour Mayne. He then drifted extensively throughout North and South America. He worked at a variety of jobs, from labourer to industrial accountant, but much of his life was spent as a poet. He was also the father of five children and grandfather of nine. He won nearly every literary prize in Canada, from the Governor General's Literary Award to the Canadian Authors Association Award to the Dorothy Livesay Prize. In 2014, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada, an honour that recognizes a lifetime of achievement and merit of a high degree. His poetry and fiction have been widely anthologized and translated into many languages. His more recent books include Witness: Selected Poems 1962-2010 (Harbour Publishing, 2010), The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane (Harbour Publishing, 2011), Washita (Harbour Publishing, 2014; shortlisted for the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award), Deep River Night (McClelland & Stewart, 2018) and a posthumous collection, The Quiet in Me (2022). Lane spent the later part of his life in Victoria, BC, with his wife, the poet Lorna Crozier. He died in 2019. 


Breathing Fire 2 : Canada's New Poets
Breathing Fire 2 : Canada's New Poets

Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets

$24.00

Breathing Fire : Canada's New Poets
Breathing Fire : Canada's New Poets

Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets

Al Purdy, Lorna Crozier, Patrick Lane

$21.95

Go Leaving Strange
Go Leaving Strange

Go Leaving Strange

Patrick Lane

$16.95

Last Water Song
Last Water Song

Last Water Song

Patrick Lane

$16.95

Selected Poems: 1977–1997
Selected Poems: 1977–1997

Selected Poems: 1977–1997

Patrick Lane

$16.95

The Bare Plum of Winter Rain
The Bare Plum of Winter Rain

The Bare Plum of Winter Rain

Patrick Lane

$16.95

The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane
The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane

The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane

$44.95

The Quiet in Me : Poems
The Quiet in Me : Poems

The Quiet in Me: Poems

Lorna Crozier, Patrick Lane

$18.95

Too Spare, Too Fierce
Too Spare, Too Fierce

Too Spare, Too Fierce

Patrick Lane

$14.95

Washita : New Poems
Washita : New Poems

Washita: New Poems

Patrick Lane

$18.95

Witness : Selected Poems 1962-2010
Witness : Selected Poems 1962-2010

Witness: Selected Poems 1962-2010

Patrick Lane

$16.95