Christopher Dewdney

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Christopher Dewdney (born May 9, 1951 in London , Ontario ) is a Canadian writer and poet .

Life

Christopher Dewdney was born in London, Ontario and currently lives in Toronto , where he is Professor of English Literature at York University . He has long been a partner of the writer Barbara Gowdy . The 2007 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner has published four monographs on non-fictional subjects and eleven poetry. Nominated four times for the Governor General's Award, Dewdney won first prize in the CBC Literary Competition for poetry. In 2005 his book Acquainted With The Night: Excursions into the World After Dark was nominated for both the Governor General's Award and The Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction and has been translated into seven languages.

Christopher Dewdney is the son of the Canadian artist and author Selwyn Dewdney , brother of Alexander Keewatin Dewdney and the great-great-nephew of Edgar Dewdney ( Lieutenant Governor : British Columbia 1892-1897, Northwest Territories, 1881-1888). He was also featured in the film Poetry in Motion .

Awards

  • 1983 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry (for Predators of the Adoration )
  • 1986 Winner, CBC Literary Competition for Poetry (for A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario )
  • 1986 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry (for The Immaculate Perception )
  • 1988 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry (for The Radiant Inventory )
  • 2004 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction (for Acquainted with the Night )
  • 2005 finalist, Charles Taylor Prize (for Acquainted with the Night )
  • 2007 Harbourfront Festival Prize

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Poems
  • A Palaeozoic Geology of London, Ontario (1974) Coach House Press
  • Fovea Centralis (1975) Coach House Press
  • Old Sublime (1980) Coach House Press
  • Predators of the Adoration (1983) McClelland and Stewart
  • The Immaculate Perception (1985) House of Anansi Press
  • Permugenisis (1987) Nightwood Editions
  • The Radiant Inventory (1988) McClelland and Stewart
  • Concordat Proviso Ascendant (A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, book 3) (1991) The Figures, Mass
  • Demon Pond (1994) McClelland and Stewart
  • Signal Fires (including A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, books 3 and 4) - McClelland and Stewart, 2000
  • The Natural History (2002) ECW
  • Children of the outer dark: the poetry of Christopher Dewdney (2007) Wilfrid Laurier Press
Non-fictional works
Essays
  • "Parasite Maintenance", Open Letter series 4, no. 6-7 (winter 1980-81)
  • "bpNichol, 1944-1988", Brick: A Journal of Reviews , Vol 34 (Fall 1988)
  • "Enigmatic Emblematic: The Internal Logic of Judith Schwarz's Sculpture", Canadian Art , Vol 6, 4 (Winter 1989)
  • "Life at the Center", Canadian Telecom (November 1989)
  • "Power Dreams", Descant , Vol. 23, 1-2, (spring / summer 1992)
  • "Consciousness Projected", Descant , Vol 27, 1–2, (Spring / Summer 1996)
  • "After Deep Blue", Saturday Night , Vol 113, 3 (April 1998)

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personal data
SURNAME Dewdney, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH London , Ontario , Canada