Todd Swift

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Todd Swift (born 8 April 1966) is a Canadian poet based in the United Kingdom.

Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He received a B.A. in English from Concordia University and an MA in English from the University of East Anglia.

While attending university, he was a top-ranked intervarsity debater and president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate. He won the top speaker award at the McGill University Winter Carnival Debating Tournament, as well as many other awards.

Swift is the author or editor of eight collections of poetry. His works have been translated into Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian and Korean. He has written for a number of publications, including The Dubliner, The National Post and Poetry London.

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[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Poetry

  • The End of the Century - 1990
  • The Cone of Silence - 1991
  • American Standard - 1996
  • Budavox - 1999
  • Elegy for Anthony Perkins - 2001
  • CafĂ© Alibi - 2002
  • The Oil and Gas University - 2004
  • Rue du Regard - 2004

[edit] Anthologies

  • Map-makers' Colours: New Poets of Northern Ireland - 1988 ISBN 0-921833-10-5 (with Martin Mooney)
  • Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry - 1988 (with Regie Cabico and Bob Holman)
  • Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry - 2002 (with Phil Horton)
  • 100 Poets Against the War - 2003
  • In the Criminal's Cabinet - 2004
  • Future Welcome: The Moosehead Anthology X - 2005

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