One of Canada’s most beloved and talented poets, Lorna Crozier has received numerous awards for her writing, including the 1992 Governor-General’s Award, the Canadian Author’s Association Award for Poetry and the League of Canadian Poet’s Pat Lowther Award for her collection Inventing the Hawk. In 1995, she once again won the Pat Lowther Award for Everything Arrives at the Light. Her other poetry awards include the Dorothy Livesay Prize for Poetry, the National Magazine Gold Medal and first prize in the National CBC Literary Competition.

Beyond the writing awards, Lorna has been honoured for great distinction in both teaching and scholarly research in the academic community, receiving the University of Victoria’s 2004 Distinguished Professor's Award. That same year, the University of Regina presented her with an honourary Doctorate of Laws. In 2005, she was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

With the exception of Antarctica, Lorna has read her poems on every continent, having engaged audiences in countries such as Italy, Chile, Malaysia, Australia, France, England and in cities across Canada and the United States. High regard for Lorna’s poetry continues to garner her invitations to writing festivals around the world. In May of 1996 she was one of ten Canadian writers invited to represent the country at Les Belles Etrangeres hosted by France's Ministry of Culture and in May of 1997 and 1998 she attended the Poetry Africa Festival in Durban, South Africa.

On May 19, 2005, as part of Saskatchewan’s Centennial Celebration, Lorna gave a command performance complete with orchestral and visual accompaniment, reciting a poem for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

 
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Above: Recipients of the 1992 Governor General's Awards.
 
 

Above: Honorary Doctor of Letters, Lorna Crozier.
 
 

Above: Lorna receives her Honorary Doctorate at U. of Saskatchewan.
 
 

Above: Lorna receives Distinguished Professor Award in June, 2004. 
 

Above: The UVic Honours Dinner; Chancellor Ron Lou-Poy, Lorna, UVic President David Turpin.