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River Halen

River Halen is an award-winning writer of Catalan and Danish descent living in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Their poems and essays dealing with relation, ecology, transformation, and sexuality have been published widely in Canada, as well as in the U.S., Australia, and in translation in Japan. Their first book, Match, was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, and Dream Rooms was selected by Renee Gladman for Artforum Magazine as a top-ten pick of the year.

Photo: Justine Latour

Books written by River Halen