Don McKay

Don McKay was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, in 1942. Besides writing poetry and essays he has worked as an editor and creative writing teacher at University of Western Ontario, University of New Brunswick, Brick Books, the Banff Centre, Sage Hill Writing Experience and the BC Festival of the Arts

 

Awards
Governor General's Award for Poetry, finalist, 1983.
Canadian Authors Association Literary Award, poetry, 1983.
National Magazine Award, 1991.
Governor General's Award for Poetry, 1991.

Governor General's Award for Poetry, 2000.

 

Selected Publications
Lependu. (Brick Books, 1978).
Birding, or Desire. (McClelland & Stewart, 1983).
Sanding Down this Rocking Chair on a Windy Night. (McClelland & Stewart, 1987).
Night Field. (McClelland & Stewart, 1991).
Apparatus (McClelland & Stewart, 1997).

Another Gravity (McClelland & Stewart, 2000)

 

Selected Anthologies
The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. (Oxford University Press, 1982).
The New Canadian Poets, 1970-1985. (McClelland & Stewart, 1985).
20th Century Poetry and Poetics. (Oxford University Press, 1996).

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