Lorna Crozier

She is the recipient of many prestigious awards for her poetry which typically focuses on human relationships, the natural world, language, memory and perception. In 2009 Crozier was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and two years later an Officer of the Order of Canada.

From the first time I put pen to paper, I've been passionate about space. Where we spent our childhood shapes who we are and how we live. If I'd grown up in the rain forest instead of in a small prairie city, I'd be a different person. Place, I believe, also influences who we love and how we enact that love.