Shaunt Basmajian
Shaunt Basmajian | |
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| Born | September 30, 1950 |
| Died | January 25, 1990 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | poet and author |
Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 1950 – 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author.
He was a co-founder of Old Nun Publications and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group.[1]
In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robbed while he was driving a taxi. His right lung was punctured when a robber stabbed him. He died one year later when his heart lining collapsed.[2]
Bibliography[edit]
- 1972: Spare Change
- 1973: Quote Unquote
- 1974: The Horserace As The Analogy
- 1976: The Poem "In A Struggle With The Magnetic Source"
- 1980: Boundaries Limits & Space
- 1982: Surplus Waste and Other Poems
- 1983: 8 Irritations
- 1984: Other Channels (poetry anthology coëdited with Daniel Jones)
- 1985: Poets Who Don't Dance 1985[3]
- 1986: Options
- 1987: A Seduction-Poem For Miss January
- 1988: 3 poems
- 1988: Biased Analogies
- 1989: bfp(h)aGe (concrete poetry anthology coëdited with Brian David Johnston)
- 1990: I am/I'm
References[edit]
- ^ "Shaunt Basmajian won acclaim as poet". The Toronto Star. 29 January 1990. pp. A.16. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ Thomas, Jocko (19 September 1986). "Cab driver's lung punctured in $80 Scarborough holdup". The Toronto Star. p. A.8. Retrieved 1 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ McAllister, Lesley (27 December 1986). "Heading straight for the heart of it (Review of Poets Who Don't Dance )". The Toronto Star. p. G.19. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
External links[edit]
- Records of Shaunt Basmajian are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
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