{{short description|Canadian poet (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} '''Sharon Thesen''' (born 1946 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at University of British Columbia Okanagan.
In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize.<ref>[http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/the-griffin-trust-for-excellence-in-poetry-announces-the-judges-for-the-2003-griffin-poetry-prize/ The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry announces the judges for the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize]</ref>
==Selected works== * ''Artemis Hates Romance'', Toronto: Coach House Press, 1980 * ''Radio New France Radio'', Vancouver: Slug Press, 1981 * ''Holding the Pose'', Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983 * ''Confabulations'', Fernie, BC: Oolichan Books, 1984 (nominated for a Governor General's Award) * ''The Beginning of the Long Dash'', Toronto: Coach House Press, 1987 (nominated for a Governor General's Award) * ''The Pangs of Sunday'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990 * ''Aurora'', Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1995 * ''News and Smoke: Selected Poems'', Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1999 * ''A Pair of Scissors'', Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2000 (winner of the Pat Lowther Award) * ''Weeping Willow'', Vancouver: Nomados, 2005 * ''The Good Bacteria'', Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2006 (nominated for the 2006 Governor General's Award for poetry and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize) * ''Oyama Pink Shale'', Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2011 * ''The Receiver'', Vancouver: New Star Books, 2017 *''The Wig-Maker'' w/Janet Gallant, Vancouver: New Star Books, 2021
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/judges_2003.php?t=3#a3 Griffin Poetry Prize biography] *[http://atom.archives.sfu.ca/index.php/sharon-thesen-fonds Records of Sharon Thesen are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books]
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