# Roger Nash > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Nash > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Nash.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nash > Source revision: 1337178505 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian philosopher and poet}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} thumb '''Roger Nash''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [philosopher](/source/philosophy) and [poet](/source/poetry). He was born in [England](/source/England).{{Cite web |date=2023-05-11 |title=Arts & Culture: Local writing couple both publish new works |url=https://www.sudbury.com/arts-culture/arts-culture-local-writing-couple-both-publish-new-works-6984887 |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=Sudbury.com |language=en}} He has a B.A. from the [University of Wales](/source/University_of_Wales) (1965), an M.A. from [McMaster University](/source/McMaster_University) (1966) and a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) from the [University of Exeter](/source/University_of_Exeter) (1974). Roger Nash is a [professor emeritus](/source/professor_emeritus) in the Department of Philosophy at [Laurentian University](/source/Laurentian_University) in [Sudbury](/source/Greater_Sudbury), [Ontario](/source/Ontario). He served as chair of the Department of Philosophy, and director of the interdisciplinary humanities masters programme at [Laurentian University](/source/Laurentian_University), and was a founding member of the graduate diploma in science communication offered by Laurentian University and [Science North](/source/Science_North).{{Cite web |title=Roger Nash |url=https://canlit.ca/canlit_authors/roger-nash/ |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=canlit.ca}} He served as the first [poet laureate](/source/poet_laureate) of the city of [Greater Sudbury](/source/Greater_Sudbury) from 2010 to 2011. He was also president of the [League of Canadian Poets](/source/League_of_Canadian_Poets) from 1998 to 2000. During his tenure as president, he worked with [Senator](/source/Senate_of_Canada) [Jerry Grafstein](/source/Jerry_Grafstein) to help create the position of [Canadian Poet Laureate](/source/Canadian_Parliamentary_Poet_Laureate).{{Cite news |title=Kogos: We all have our own important stories to tell |url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/kogos-we-all-have-our-own-important-stories-to-tell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107232921/https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/kogos-we-all-have-our-own-important-stories-to-tell |archive-date=2022-11-07 |access-date=2025-07-04 |work=thesudburystar |language=en-CA}} He was cantor at the Shaar Hashomayim [Synagogue](/source/Synagogue) in [Sudbury](/source/Greater_Sudbury) where he lived from 1970 through 2024. He now lives in [Burnaby](/source/Burnaby), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) and remains active in community organizing, writing and promoting the arts. ==Awards== * Prism International Poetry Contest, first prize, 1985/86. * [The Fiddlehead](/source/The_Fiddlehead) Writing Contest, first prize, poetry, 1993–94. * [Canadian Jewish Book Award](/source/Canadian_Jewish_Book_Award), Poetry, 1997. * [Confederation Poets](/source/Confederation_Poets) Award, ''Arc Magazine'', 1997 for ''Circumstantial Evidence of the Visitation of Angels''. * [PEN/O.Henry Short Story Prize](/source/O._Henry_Award) finalist for "The Camera and the Cobra," anthologized in the PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2009 (Anchor Books, New York, 2009). * Professor Emeritus, Laurentian University, 2009. * Appointed First Poet Laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury, appointed by Mayor and Council, 2010. * Mayor's Celebration of the Arts, City of Greater Sudbury, “Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Arts”, 2017 ==Books== * ''When?'' Wet Ink Publishing, Ontario, 2025, 96 pp. * ''World of Difference,'' Black Moss Press, Windsor, Ontario, 2023, 87 pp. * ''The Pollen of Strange Alphabet,'' Pebble Ridge Press, Sudbury – Ottawa, Ontario, 2023, 93 pp. * ''Climbing a Question'', Toronto, Aeolus House, imprint of Quattro Books Inc., 2019, 97pp. * ''Whazzat?'', Latitude 46, Sudbury, Ontario, 2017, 75 pp. * ''Zigzags'', Black Moss Press, (in the Palm Poet Series) Windsor, Ontario, 2016, 82 pp. * ''Upsidoon'', Your Schrivner Press (2014) * ''The Camera and the Cobra'', Your Schrivner Press (2012) * ''Sound of Sunlight'', Buschekbooks, (2012) * ''Something Blue and Flying Upward: New and Selected Poems'' Your Scrivener Press (2006) * ''The Poetry of Prayer'', 2nd, expanded edition, Harleston, UK: Edgeways Books, 2004 * ''Once I was a Wheelbarrow'', Calgary, AB: Bayeux Arts, 2000, 86p. * ''Licking Honey Off A Thorn''. North Bay: League of Canadian Poets and Catchfire Press, 48p. 1998 * ''Northern Prospects: An Anthology of Northeastern Ontario Poetry''. Sudbury: Your Scrivener Press, 1998, 120 pp. * ''Spring-Fever''. Sudbury/Toronto: Your Scrivener Press/ League of Canadian Poets, 42p. 1997 * ''Uncivilizing''. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 1997, 125p. Nash, R., Davidson, C. Dunn, S,. Lever, B. [Reaney, J.](/source/James_Reaney) and [Sward, R.](/source/Robert_Sward) * ''In the Kosher Chow Mein Restaurant''. Sudbury, ON: Your Scrivener Press, 1996. * ''The Poetry of Prayer''. Norfolk, EN: Brynmill Press. 60p., 1994. * ''Ethics, Science, Technology and the Environment: A Reader''. [Athabasca University Press](/source/Athabasca_University_Press), 1993. * ''Ethics, Science, Technology and the Environment: A Study Guide''. Athabasca University Press, 1993. * ''Night Flying''. Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books—Goose Lane Editions, 83p., 1990 * ''Psalms From The Suburbs''. Kingston: [Quarry Press](/source/Quarry_Press), 73p., 1986 * ''Settlement In A School of Whales''. Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 55p., 1983 ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170415015155/http://poets.ca/membee-directory/#action=Listing&value=647&searchID=1231&cid=1043&did=100 League of Canadian Poets page on Roger Nash] * [https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/690657.Roger_Nash Goodreads Books by Roger Nash] * [https://canlit.ca/canlit_authors/roger-nash Canadian Literature page] * [https://49thshelf.com/Contributors/N/Nash-Roger 49th Shelf page] {{DEFAULTSORT:Nash, Roger}} Category:1946 births Category:20th-century Canadian poets Category:Canadian male poets Category:Alumni of the University of Wales Category:McMaster University alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter Category:Living people Category:Academic staff of Laurentian University Category:Writers from Greater Sudbury Category:Poets from Ontario Category:People from Maidenhead Category:Jewish Canadian poets Category:20th-century Canadian male writers Category:Municipal poets laureate in Canada --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roger Nash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nash) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nash?action=history)). 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