User:Mr. Absurd/Glen Downie

Glen Downie is a Canadian writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

Life
Downie was born in Winnipeg. He holds a degree in Social Work from the University of British Columbia and has worked as a social worked with cancer patients in Vancouver.

Master's program in Creative Writing. He served as the first Writer-in-Residence at the Medical Humanities Program of Dalhousie University's Faculty of Medicine in 1999. He won the 2008 Toronto Book Award for Loyalty Management, a collection of poetry.

Poetry

 * The Blessing (1986)
 * An X-Ray of Longing (1987)
 * Heartland (1990)
 * The Angel of Irrational Numbers (1991)
 * Wishbone Dance (1999)
 * Desire Lines (2002)
 * Loyalty Management (2007)