Steven heighton biography

Steven Heighton (August 14, 1961 – April 19, 2022) was a.
Steven Heighton was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter.
Canadian poet, writer and musician Steven Heighton, who died of cancer on April 19 at the age of 60, was well known for his affability, and for the care and.

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Heighton, Steven 1961–

PERSONAL:

Born August 14, 1961, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Education: Queen's University, B.A., 1985, M.A., 1986.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Agent—Anne M'Dermid & Associates, 92 Willcocks St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C8, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer, novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, editor, translator, and educator. English as a Second Language teacher, Osaka, Japan, 1985; freelance writer, 1988—. Writer-in-residence, St. Mary's University, 1992; writer-in-residence, Berton House, Dawson City, 2001; writer-in-residence, Concordia University, Montreal, 2002-03; Jack McClelland writer-in-residence, University of Toronto, Massey College, 2004; poetry instructor, summer literary seminars, St. Petersburg, Russia. Frequent presenter at writing workshops and seminars.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Air Canada Award, 1989; Gerald Lampert Award for best poetry debut, 1990, for Stalin's Carnival; first prize in short fiction, Prism International, 1991; Stand magazine short story competition prize-winner

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Steven Heighton may be Canada’s most romantic novelist. Not romantic as in affairs of the heart—although he does write stirringly of love—but as in the capital “R” Romantic of the 19th-century poets. The Romantic Movement emerged out of the ideals of the French Revolution, and its literary practitioners rebelled against the neo-classicism of the previous age, celebrating imagination and individual feeling over decorum and form. In the beauty of the natural world they discovered comfort and inspiration. Not surprisingly, perhaps, Heighton, who has written four novels and three books of short fiction, is also a poet; his seventh collection, The Waking Comes Late, won a Governor General’s Award in 2016. In novels such as The Shadow Boxer, Afterlands and Every Lost Country he applies his romantic vision, which explores dynamic nature, altered states of consciousness and the efforts of individuals to fulfill their physical, artistic and moral potential.

The Shadow Boxer is a Künstlerroman- a coming of age of

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Steven Heighton

Born

in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

August 14, 1961

Died

April 19, 2022

Website

http://www.stevenheighton.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Steven Heighton (born August 14, 1961) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. He is the author of ten books, including two short story collections, three novels, and five poetry collections.[1] His most recent novel, Every Lost Country, was published in 2010.

Heighton was born in Toronto, Ontario, and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree, at Queens University.[2]

Heighton's most recent books are the novel Every Lost Country (May 2010) [3] and the poetry collection Patient Frame (April 2010).[4]

Heighton is also the author of the novel Afterlands (2006),which appeared in six countries.[5] The book has recently been optioned for film. Steven Heighton's debut novel, The Shadow Boxer (2001), a story about a young poet-Steven Heighton (born August 14, 1961) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. He is the author of ten books, including two s