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TIM BOWLING RECEIVES GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
April 9, 2008
Gaspereau Press is delighted to share the news that author Tim Bowling has been named one of this year's Guggenheim Fellows. Bowling received the fellowship, worth $46,000, to work on a collection of poems about salmon fishing and the Fraser River.
Since its establishment in 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $265 million to nearly 16,500 individuals. This year, in the competition for the United States and Canada, the Foundation awarded 190 fellowships to artists, scientists and scholars, in fields ranging from medicine and earth science to film and photography. Among the handful of Canadian poets who have received this prestigious fellowship in past years are Margaret Atwood, Margaret Avison, Robert Bringhurst, Anne Carson and A.F. Moritz. For more information about the Guggenheim Fellowship and a complete list of this year's successful candidates, please visit the Foundation's website: www.gf.org
Gaspereau Press is delighted to share the news that author Tim Bowling has been named one of this year's Guggenheim Fellows. Bowling received the fellowship, worth $46,000, to work on a collection of poems about salmon fishing and the Fraser River.
Since its establishment in 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $265 million to nearly 16,500 individuals. This year, in the competition for the United States and Canada, the Foundation awarded 190 fellowships to artists, scientists and scholars, in fields ranging from medicine and earth science to film and photography. Among the handful of Canadian poets who have received this prestigious fellowship in past years are Margaret Atwood, Margaret Avison, Robert Bringhurst, Anne Carson and A.F. Moritz. For more information about the Guggenheim Fellowship and a complete list of this year's successful candidates, please visit the Foundation's website: www.gf.org
Submitted on April 9, 2008 in By David.
