November 17, 2009 - Douglas College poet wins Governor General’s Award

David Zieroth, long-time instructor in the Creative Writing Department at Douglas College, has won the Governor General’s Award for English-language poetry it was announced in Montreal, November 17th. Zieroth’s book, The Fly in Autumn, (Harbour Publishing) was chosen by a national panel as the best work of its kind this year.
 
The Governor General's Award  is administered and promoted by the Canada Council for the Arts and is Canada’s oldest and most prestigious award for English- and French-language Canadian literature. The award is worth $25,000 and the publisher of each winning book receives $3,000 to support promotional activities.

According to the Canada Council citation, “In The Fly in Autumn, David Zieroth addresses our common and defining human fate - the loneliness that is a rehearsal for death - with a tenderness and buoyancy that shows the reader 'how to walk in the dark with flowers.' The intricacy and exuberance of rhyme and the breadth of vision are stunning.”

David Zieroth retired from Douglas College in 2007.