Raymond Knister

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Raymond Knister (1899-1932) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, and poet who died in a swimming accident on Lake Saint Clair. He had one child with Myrtle Grace. He was a practitioner of the poetic school known as imagism. Many of his works evoke rural themes, often depicting life in Southwestern Ontario in the late 1910s and early 20s. He was a friend and contemporary of Morley Callaghan.

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White Narcissus (1929)
My Star Predominant
Collected Poems of Raymond Knister (1949)
The First Day of Spring and Other Stories (1976)
Windfalls for Cider (1983)
After Exile (2003) ( complete anthology of works, compiled by Michael Callaghan)