| Joseph Sherman |
Joseph Howard Sherman, CM, MA, was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
in 1945, and raised in Whitney Pier, near Sydney, Cape Breton Island. He
received his BA and MA from the University of New Brunswick in
Fredericton, and taught English in Edmundston, New Brunswick, from
1970 to 1979. In 1979 he moved to Charlottetown, where he became the
long-time editor of the magazine, ARTSatlantic. Through this publication
he has been credited with putting Atlantic art on the Canadian map,
bringing a vitality and sense of identity to the region.
in 1945, and raised in Whitney Pier, near Sydney, Cape Breton Island. He
received his BA and MA from the University of New Brunswick in
Fredericton, and taught English in Edmundston, New Brunswick, from
1970 to 1979. In 1979 he moved to Charlottetown, where he became the
long-time editor of the magazine, ARTSatlantic. Through this publication
he has been credited with putting Atlantic art on the Canadian map,
bringing a vitality and sense of identity to the region.
Joe was winner of the Bliss Carman Award in 1968, the Royal Society of Arts Silver Medal in 1994, the
Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts in Prince Edward Island in 1997, and the Betty
and Morris Aaron–Henry Fuerstenberg Prize in Poetry in 2002. He became a Member of the Order of
Canada in 2002.
As the author of seven books of poetry, creator and curator of the Confederation Centre of the Arts’
Writing on the Wall series, a founder of Saturday Morning Chapbooks, and a dedicated member of the
League of Canadian Poets, Joe contributed immeasurably to the writing and artistic communities of
Prince Edward Island, the Atlantic region, and Canada.
Joseph Sherman died on January 9, 2006, in Charlottetown. He was 60 years of age. He left behind his
wife Ann, children Rebekah and Matthew, mother Beatrice, and three grandchildren.
His books included: Birthday (1969), Chaim the Slaughterer (1974), Lords of Shouting (1982), Shaping
the Flame: Imagining Wallenberg (1989), American Standard and Other Poems (2001), Worried Into
Being: An Unfinished Alphabet (2005), and (published posthumously) Beautiful Veins (2006).
Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts in Prince Edward Island in 1997, and the Betty
and Morris Aaron–Henry Fuerstenberg Prize in Poetry in 2002. He became a Member of the Order of
Canada in 2002.
As the author of seven books of poetry, creator and curator of the Confederation Centre of the Arts’
Writing on the Wall series, a founder of Saturday Morning Chapbooks, and a dedicated member of the
League of Canadian Poets, Joe contributed immeasurably to the writing and artistic communities of
Prince Edward Island, the Atlantic region, and Canada.
Joseph Sherman died on January 9, 2006, in Charlottetown. He was 60 years of age. He left behind his
wife Ann, children Rebekah and Matthew, mother Beatrice, and three grandchildren.
His books included: Birthday (1969), Chaim the Slaughterer (1974), Lords of Shouting (1982), Shaping
the Flame: Imagining Wallenberg (1989), American Standard and Other Poems (2001), Worried Into
Being: An Unfinished Alphabet (2005), and (published posthumously) Beautiful Veins (2006).
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