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Morton, Colin, 1948-
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Dates of existence
1948-
History
Colin Morton was born in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario.
He is a Canadian poet, editor, and educator. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Descant, The Fiddlehead, Arc, Grain, The Malahat Review, Ascent, The North American Review, and other publications. He was a member of the performance group First Draft, which recorded, published, and performed across Canada in the 1980s. More recently, his poetry has explored aspects of world history. His book “The Hundred Cuts: Sitting Bull and the Major” (2009) is a poetic documentary about the exile in Canada of Lakota chief Sitting Bull and his relationship with Major James Walsh of the North-West Mounted Police. In 1986 and 2001, he won the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry.
He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.