Tim Lilburn is a western Canadian poet and essayist. He is the winner of his country's highest literary award, the Governor-General's Award, as well as being the recipient of numerous other regional, national and international literary prizes. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014. He taught philosophy and writing for many years at the Benedictine St. Peter's College in his home province of Saskatchewan, and now teaches at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
