Marie Elyse St. George


























Marie Elyse St. George
Born
(1929-12-08) December 8, 1929 (age 89)

St. Catharines, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Education
University of New Hampshire, University of Saskatchewan
Known for
printmaking, poetry
Awards Saskatchewan Writers Guild First Prize for Poetry, The League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest First Prize, Saskatchewan Book Award for Nonfiction, Governor General’s Literary Award, Saskatchewan YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture

Marie Elyse St. George, (born December 8, 1929 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian artist and poet. She studied painting, printmaking and drawing at the University of New Hampshire from 1967–72 and studied lithography at the University of Saskatchewan in 1977.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Awards


  • 3 References


  • 4 Sources





Career


From 1965 to 1973 Marie Elyse St. George taught art at The Art Association in Durham, New Hampshire. She also taught print workshops at the Biggar Community College and the Prince Albert Art Centre in 1980.


She has worked on book jackets for several Canadian writers including Lois Simmie, Bonnie Burnard, and Byrna Barclay. In 1995 she collaborated with Anne Szumigalski on a book titled Voice (published by Coteau Books), which won the Governor General’s Award for poetry in 1995. In 2000 Szumigalski and St. George later collaborated on another book titled Fear of Knives: A Book of Fables (published by Hagios).[2]


Her memoir, titled Once in a Blue Moon, won the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2006.[3] She was a participant in the Regina National Poetry Face-off, which aired on CBC Radio in 2009.[4]



Awards


  • 1996 - Saskatchewan YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture.[5]


References




  1. ^ Newman, Marketa. Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists. pp. 221–224. ISBN 0-920079-66-0..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Saskatchewan Writers' Guild". www.skwriter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.


  3. ^ "Celebrating Poets Over 70 » St George Marie Elyse". www.celebratingpoetsover70.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.


  4. ^ "Poetry Face-Off 2009". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.


  5. ^ "St. George, Marie Elyse Yates - SAIN Collections". sain.scaa.sk.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.



Sources




  • "Artist/Maker Name 'St. George, Elyse Yates'" Canadian Heritage Information Network. Retrieved 2016-03-05.


  • "Holdings: Fear of knives : a book of fables" York University Library. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

  • St. George, Marie Elyse. Once in a Blue Moon: An Artist's Life. Regina: Coteau Books 2006.
    ISBN 1550503383 pp270.

  • "St. George, Marie" Poets.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.


  • St. George, Marie Elyse Yates Archives Canada. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

  • Ziegler, Kevin. 'An Unromantic Story' Once in a Blue Moon: An Artist's Lifeby Marie Elyse St. George The Fieldstone Review. Retrieved 2016-03-05.











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