Henry Beissel

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Henry Eric Beissel (born 12 April 1929) is a writer and editor who has published 16 volumes of poetry, six books of plays, a non-fiction book on Canada, two anthologies of plays intended for use in high schools, and numerous essays and pieces of short fiction. He first came to national attention with the controversial literary/political journal Edge (Edmonton, 1963 – Montreal 1969). Beissel's internationally successful Inuk and the Sun ("a mythic masterpiece", Sherrill Grace) premiered at the Stratford Festival of Canada in 1973. His work has been translated into many languages.

Beissel had a distinguished teaching career in English Literature, and later in Creative Writing, which started as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Toronto. He taught at the University of Munich (1960–62)), the University of Alberta (1962–64), and Concordia University (1966–96), from which he retired as Distinguished Emeritus Professor of English.

He lives with his wife, Arlette Francière, in Ottawa.

[edit] Selected bibliography

  • New Wings for Icarus. Toronto: Coach House, 1966.
  • A Different Sun (poems by Walter Bauer translated from the German). Ottawa: Oberon, 1976.
  • Inuk and the Sun. Toronto: Gage, 1980.
  • Under Coyote's Eye. Dunvegan, Ontario: Quadrant, 1980.
  • Improvisations for Mr. X & the Noose. Dunvegan, Ontario: Cormorant, 1989.
  • Kanada. Romantik und Wirklichkeit (with photograps by Janis Kraulis). Innsbruck: Pinguin Verlag, 1981.
  • Cantos North. Moonbeam, Ontario: Penumbra, 1982.
  • Season of Blood. Toronto: Mosaic, 1984.
  • The Noose & Improvisations for Mister X. Dunvegan, Ontario: Cormorant, 1989.
  • Dying I was Born. Waterloo, Ontario: Penumbra, 1992.
  • Stones to Harvest. Gooderich, Ontario: Moonstone, 1993.
  • Across the Sun's Warp. Ottawa: BuschekBooks, 2003.

[edit] Awards

Beissel has received several awards: the first was the Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing in 1958 at University of Toronto, the last the Walter-Bauer Literaturpreis, Merseburg (Germany), 1994.

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