Leigh Kotsilidis
BIO
Biography

Leigh Kotsilidis has written two full-length collections of poetry, Hypotheticals (2011) and Some of Us May Live (forthcoming, Fall 2026), both with Coach House Books. Her poems have also appeared in journals and magazines, including The Malahat Review, Prism international, EVENT, The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, and Hazlitt, as well as being anthologized in The Best Canadian Poetry in English and IV Lounge Nights, among others. She is also an intermedia artist. Kotsilidis lives and works in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal) on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka territory.

ADDRESS
City: Montreal, Province/Territory: Quebec
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Hypotheticals
Publisher
Coach House Books
Year
2011
Title
Some of Us May Live
Publisher
Coach House Books
Year
2026 (forthcoming)
AWARDS
Awards
Name
P.K. Page Irwin Prize (Honourable Mention)
Year
2006
Name
CBC Literary Awards (Finalist)
Year
2009
Name
CBC Literary Awards (Finalist)
Year
2010
LINKS
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Programs & Interests
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