Chris Banks (poet)

Chris Banks (born 1970) is a Canadian poet.

Life

Banks' childhood was spent in the small Ontario towns of Stayner, Sioux Lookout, and Bancroft. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph, before moving on to complete a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from Concordia University and later a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario.

Works/Books

Banks' works include a chapbook, Form Letters (2002). His first full-length collection, Bonfires, was awarded the Jack Chalmers Award for poetry by the Canadian Authors' Association in 2004. Bonfires was also a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry in Canada. His most recent collection of poems The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory will be published by ECW Press in the fall of 2017. He lives in Waterloo, Ontario, where he writes, and teaches at Bluevale Collegiate Institute.

Awards and recognition

• 2004: Canadian Authors Association, winner of poetry award, 'Bonfires
• 2004: Finalist for Gerald Lampert Award for poetry, 'Bonfires
• 2006: Gowlings Literary Award

• Canadian Authors Association: Poetry award winners list
• 2006 KW Arts Award Winners Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.