
Born in Long Pond, Manuels, Conception Bay South, Tom
Dawe has been a teacher, professor of English (MUN), visual artist, editor,
writer, and poet. His work includes poetry, fiction, dramatic script,
folklore, and children’s literature. He is also one of the founding members
of Breakwater Books and TickleAce magazine.
The winner of many awards and
honours in arts and letters, he was recently awarded an honourary membership
into the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador and was inducted
into the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Hall of Honour. His work has
been studied in schools and colleges around the world. Rewriting
Newfoundland Mythology: The Works of Tom Dawe, a book by Martina
Seifert, was published in Germany and in Cambridge, MA, in 2002.
Books By Tom Dawe:
Moocher in the Lun: A Newfoundland and
Labrador Folk Alphabet |