Kim Morrissey

WORKS

POETRY

Smoking. Staines, England: Vennel Press, 1997.

Poems For Men Who Dream of Lolita. Regina: Coteau Books, 1992.

Batoche. Regina: Coteau Books, 1989.

OTHER WORK

Clever as Paint: The Rossettis in Love. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1998.

Dora: A Case of Hysteria. London: Nick Hern Books, 1994.

CRITICISM

Barbour, Douglas. Rev. of Poems For Men Who Dream of Lolita, by Kim Morrissey. Books In Canada 21.4 (1992): 60-62.

Campbell, Glen. Rev. of Batoche, by Kim Morrissey. Canadian Ethnic Studies 22.2 (1990): 132-133.

Davis, Patrick. Rev. of Batoche, by Kim Morrissey. NeWest Review 15.2 (1989/ 1990): 34-35.

Dyck, E.F. Rev. of Poems For Men Who Dream of Lolita, by Kim Morrissey. NeWest Review 18.4 (1993): 19.

Inbar, Lavinia. Rev. of Poems For Men Who Dream of Lolita, by Kim Morrissey. Poetry Canada Review 13.2
(1993): 24-25.

Mansbridge, Francis. Rev. of Batoche, by Kim Morrissey. Poetry Canada Review 12.1 (1991): 24-25.

Rev. of Batoche, by Kim Morrissey. KAHTOU 7.24 (1989): 11.

Rev. of Batoche, by Kim Morrissey. Western Report 4.43 (1989): 59.

Skretkowicz, Victor. Rev. of Batoche, by Kim Morrissey. British Journal of Canadian Studies 7.1 (1992): 169-170.

Taylor, Bruce. Rev. of Poems For Men Who Dream of Lolita, by Kim Morrissey. Matrix 38 (1992): 71-73.

Woodcock, George. “Frightened Birds: The Biographer of Gabriel Dumont Reads a Poet’s Account of the Riel Rebellion.” City & Country Home 9.8 (1990): 22.

AWARDS

1987: Joint Winner, SWH Major Poetry Award

1987: Saskatchewan Writers Guild Poetry Manuscript Award

1983: Saskatchewan Writers Guild single poem award, “Batoche”

BIOGRAPHY

Kim Morrissey was born in 1955 in Canada, and now lives and works in England. Her first collection of poetry, Batoche (1989) shared the Saskatchewan Writers Guild Poetry Manuscript award with a collection by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane. Batoche also received a Gerald Lampert Award Nomination for Best First Book of Poetry. Both Batoche and Morrisey's second volume of poetry, Poems for Men Who Dream of Lolita, have been set to music and performed as operas. Morrissey has also written several acclaimed dramas and documentaries, including Dora (1994) and Clever As Paint: the Rossettis in Love (1998).

The Canadian Women Poets website is co-owned and maintained by Marilyn Rose and Erica Kelly,
and is intended for the use of individual researchers.

Questions or comments? Email us at cwp@brocku.ca