George Elliott Clarke was born on 12 February 1960 in Windsor Plains, Nova Scotia. He received a B.A. (honours) in English from the University of Waterloo in 1984, an M.A. from Dalhousie University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Queen's University in 1993. He has worked as a parliamentary aide in the House of Commons in Ottawa and as a newspaper editor and social worker. Clarke currently teaches English at the University of Toronto.

Books by George Elliott Clarke

	1983 Saltwater Spirituals and Deeper Blues (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1990 Whylah Falls (novel, play)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1993 Provençal Songs (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1994 Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1997 Provençal Songs II (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1999 Beatrice Chancy (play, opera)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 Gold Indigoes (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2001 Blue (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2001 Execution Poems (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2002 Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature (nonfiction)	Biblio.com
	2003 Québecité: A Jazz Fantasia in Three Cantos	Biblio.com
	2005 Illuminated Verses (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2005 George & Rue (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2006 Black (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2007 Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2008 I & I (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2008 Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2002 – Whylah Falls – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Poetry
  • 2001 – Execution Poems – Winner

• ReLit Awards: Poetry
  • 2007 – Black – Shortlisted

Added 23 April 2006.
Updated 13 August 2009.