Jan Zwicky was born in 1955 in Alberta. She received her B.A. from the University of Calgary and her M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto. An accomplished violinist, Zwicky teaches part-time at the University of Victoria.

Books by Jan Zwicky

	1982 Where Have We Been
	1982 A Theory of Ineffability
	1986 Wittgenstein Elegies
	1989 The New Room
	1992 Lyric Philosophy
	1998 Songs for Relinquishing the Earth
	2000 Twenty-one Small Songs
	2003 Wisdom and Metaphor
	2003 Contemplation and Resistance: A Conversation (with Tim Lilburn)
	2004 Robinson's Crossing
	2005 Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences
	2009 Plato as an Artist
	2011 Forge
	2012 The Book of Frog
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Awards

• Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
  • 1999 – Songs for Relinquishing the Earth – Shortlisted
  • 2005 – Robinson's Crossing – Winner
  • 2006 – Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Nonfiction
  • 2004 – Wisdom & Metaphor – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Poetry
  • 1999 – Songs for Relinquishing the Earth – Winner
  • 2004 – Robinson's Crossing – Shortlisted

• Griffin Poetry Prize
  • 2012 – Forge – Shortlisted

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Added 15 November 2005.
Updated 01 March 2015.