Awards & Winners

Roo Borson

Date of Birth 20-January-1952
Place of Birth Berkeley
(California, United States of America, Alameda County, San Francisco Bay Area, Area code 510)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Ruth Elizabeth Borson
Profession Writer, Poet
Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. She has received many awards for her work, including the Governor General's Literary Award, 2004, and the Griffin Poetry Prize, 2005 for Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida. She currently lives in Toronto with poet Kim Maltman, and with Kim Maltman and Andy Patton is a member of the collaborative performance poetry ensemble Pain Not Bread.

Awards by Roo Borson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Roo Borson.

2004


Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
Honored for : Short Journey Upriver Toward ?ishida

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry Short Journey Upriver Toward ?ishida