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)
	1990 Whylah Falls (novel, play)
	1993 Provençal Songs (poetry)
	1994 Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems (poetry)
	1997 Provençal Songs II (poetry)
	1999 Beatrice Chancy (play, opera)
	2000 Gold Indigoes (poetry)
	2001 Blue (poetry)
	2001 Execution Poems (poetry)
	2002 Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature (nonfiction)
	2003 Québecité: A Jazz Fantasia in Three Cantos
	2005 Illuminated Verses (poetry)
	2005 George & Rue (novel)
	2006 Black (poetry)
	2007 Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path (play)
	2008 I & I (poetry)
	2008 Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke
	2011 Red (poetry)
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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

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Added 23 April 2006.
Updated 15 June 2013.