John Steffler
John Steffler (born 13 November 1947)[1] is a Canadian poet and novelist. He was the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada from 2006 to 2008.[2]
Biography
John Steffler was born in Toronto in 1947, and grew up in a rural area near Thornhill, Ontario. He obtained a B.A. (Honours) in English from University College, University of Toronto, in 1971, and an M.A. in English (1974) from the University of Guelph, with a thesis titled "The Origin and Development of Los: a Study of the Prophetic Poetry of William Blake".[1] He taught at the Department of English, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, from 1975 until 1998. His areas of specialism are Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Literature.
Bibliography
Poetry
- An Explanation of Yellow. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1981.
- The Grey Islands. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
- The Wreckage of Play. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1988.
- That Night We Were Ravenous. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1998.
- The Grey Islands. London, ON: Brick Books, 2000.
- Helix: new and selected poems. Montreal : Signal Editions, 2002.
- The Grey Islands, unabridged audio edition (2007)
- Lookout. Plattsburgh, NY: McClelland and Stewart, 2010.[3] ISBN 978-0-7710-8267-2 (shortlisted for the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize)
Novels
- The Afterlife of George Cartwright. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1992. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1993.
- German Mills: A Novel Pertaining to the Life and Times of William Berczy. Gaspereau Press, 2015.
Children's Books
- Flights of Magic. Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1987.
Anthologies
- Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada, ed. Anne Compton, Laurence Hutchman, Ross Leckie and Robin McGrath (Goose Lane Editions, 2002)
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy Canadian Poetry Online.[4]
References
- ^ a b "John Steffler - biography". Canadian Poetry Online. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Former Poets Laureate - John Steffler". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Search results: John Steffler, Open Library, Web, May 10, 2011.
- ^ "John Steffler: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 10, 2011.
External links
- John Steffler on the University of Toronto Library Canadian Poets List
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography of John Steffler, including video clip
- "At the Foot of a Wall" from That Night We Were Ravenous, online at CBC Words at Large
- John Steffler speaks about his appointment as Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate, online at CBC Words at Large (audio)
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Canadian Poets Laureate
- Writers from Newfoundland and Labrador
- University of Guelph alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Canadian male poets
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- Canadian male novelists
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Canadian children's writers
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers