Mark Sinnett

Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer

Mark Sinnett

Born| England
Occupation| Poet, novelist, short story writer
Nationality| Canadian
Period| 1990s-present
Notable works| The Landing, The Border Guards, The Carnivore

Mark Sinnett is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer.[1] Originally from England, Sinnett moved to Canada as a teenager in 1980.[1] He won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1998 for his poetry collection The Landing,[2] and the Toronto Book Award in 2010 for his novel The Carnivore.[3] He was a shortlisted finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2005 for his novel The Border Guards.

He is currently based in Kingston, Ontario, where he also works as a real estate agent.[1]

## Works

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### Poetry

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* The Landing (1997, ISBN 978-0886293246)
* Some Late Adventure of the Feelings (2000, ISBN 978-1-55022-410-8)

### Fiction

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* Bull (1998, ISBN 978-1895837278)
* The Border Guards (2004, ISBN 978-0002005043)
* The Carnivore (2009, ISBN 978-1-55022-898-4)

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Ten Questions with Mark Sinnett" Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, January 5, 2010.
2. ^ Gerald Lampert Award Archived December 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. League of Canadian Poets.
3. ^ "Toronto’s book of the year is Mark Sinnett’s The Carnivore" Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Life, October 15, 2010.

## External links

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* Official website

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Recipients of the Gerald Lampert Award

* Elizabeth Allan (1981)
* Edna Alford and Abraham Boyarsky (1982)
* Diana Hartog (1983)
* Jean McKay and Sandra Birdsell (1984)
* Paulette Jiles (1985)
* Joan Fern Shaw (1986)
* Rosemary Sullivan (1987)
* Di Brandt (1988)
* Sarah Klassen (1989)
* Steven Heighton (1990)
* Diana Brebner (1991)
* Joanne Arnott (1992)
* Elisabeth Harvor and Roberta Rees (1993)
* Barbara Klar and Ilya Tourtidis (1994)
* Keith Maillard (1995)
* Maureen Hynes (1996)
* Marilyn Dumont (1997)
* Mark Sinnett (1998)
* Stephanie Bolster (1999)
* Shawna Lemay (2000)
* Anne Simpson (2001)
* Aislinn Hunter (2002)
* Kathy Mac (2003)
* Adam Getty (2004)
* Ray Hsu (2005)
* Suzanne Buffam (2006)
* Steven Price (2007)
* Alex Boyd (2008)
* Katia Grubisic (2009)
* James Langer (2010)
* Anna Swanson (2011)
* Sarah Mi-Yei Tsiang (2012)
* Gillian Savigny (2013)
* Murray Reiss (2014)
* Kayla Czaga (2015)
* Ben Ladouceur (2016)
* Ingrid Ruthig (2017)
* Emily Nilsen (2018)
* T. Liem (2019)
* Heather Birrell (2020)
* Bertrand Bickersteth (2021)
* Alisha Kaplan (2022)
* Matthew James Weigel (2023)
* Hannah Green (2024)

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