David Huang
Shane Koyczan hails from Vancouver, BC, Canada, and tours extensively throughout North Amercia performing poetry.  At the 2000 National Poetry Slam in Providence, RI, he won the individual championship, becoming the first international poet to do so (as well as the youngest).  Shane has won the Leonard Cohen Award for Best Song, the James Ellroy Award for Best Poetic Voice and the W.B. Yeats Award for Best Poem.  He opened for Maya Angelou in San Francisco and for Saul Williams in Denmark.

View a video of Shane winning the National Poetry Slam Individual Finals

Hear several of Shane's poems on MP3.com


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