Alexandra Oliver
Alexandra Oliver | |
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| Born | Alexandra Edith Amelia Oliver 1970 (age 54–55) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Poet |
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| Period | 1990s-present |
| Notable awards | Pat Lowther Award (2014) |
| Spouse | Dragan Basekic |
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Alexandra Edith Amelia Basekic (née Oliver; born 1970) is a Canadian poet. She began as a Vancouver-based slam poet in the early 1990s, and appeared in the 1998 documentary film SlamNation. Oliver won the 2014 Pat Lowther Award for her collection Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway.
As of 2025, Oliver is an instructor at OCAD University.