George Elliott Clarke : Awards and Honours

• 1981, First Prize�Poetry�Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia provincial competition;
• 1991, Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry�Ottawa Independent Writers�awarded to Whylah Falls as best book of poetry published by an Ottawa�based poet;
• 1993, Invitee�World Poetry Festival, Harbourfront Reading Series, Toronto;
• 1997, $12,000 Canada Council Arts Grant "B"�awarded for manuscript of Beatrice Chancy;
• 1998, Portia White Prize�Nova Scotia Arts Council�$25,000 award for artistic excellence;
• 1998, Bellagio Center Fellowship�Rockefeller Foundation of New York�a one-month residency at the Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, awarded to allow the completion of the manuscript of Beatrice Chancy;
• 1999, Honorary Doctor of Laws degree�Dalhousie University;
• 1999, Alumni Achievement Award�University of Waterloo;
• 2000, Honorary Doctor of Letters degree�University of New Brunswick;
• 2000, Outstanding Screenwriter Award�Toronto Black Film & Video Network�awarded for One Heart Broken Into Song (CBC-TV, 1999);
• 2001, Governor�General's Literary Award for Poetry�$15,000 award for selection of Execution Poems as best book of poetry published in English in Canada;
• 2002, Invitee�18th Barcelona International Poetry Festival;
• 2002, National Magazine Foundation Gold Award for Poetry�$1,500 award for selection of six poems published in Prairie Fire as best poetry published in any English�Canadian magazine in 2001;
• 2003, Appointed by Her Excellency, The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, Governor�General of Canada, to the Board of Directors of the Canada Council for the Arts;
• 2003, Appointed E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto;
• 2004, Martin Luther King, Jr. Award�Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal�awarded for achievement;
• 2004, Estelle and Ludwig Jus Memorial Human Rights Award�University of Toronto Alumni Association;
• 2005, Distinguished Teacher Award�Student Administrative Council, University of Toronto;
• 2005, Honorary Doctor of Letters degree�University of Alberta;
• 2005, Trudeau Foundation Trudeau Fellow Prize�$225,000 award to support artistic and scholarly work.

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