Kieran Egan

Kieran Egan is a poet and former academic based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was born in Clonmel, Ireland, and is Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada. His first poetry collection, Amplified Silence, was published by Silver Bow Publishing in 2021. His chapbook Among the branches came out from Alfred Gustav Press in 2019, and his novel Tenure was announced from NeWest Press for 2021. He was shortlisted for the Times Literary Supplement Mick Imlah prize in 2017 and the Acumen International Poetry Competition in 2020. His poem 'Latin Class' won The New Quarterly's Nick Blatchford Contest.