Wayne Keon

Wayne Keon

Wayne Keon (born 1946) is a Nipissing First Nation author and poet and member of Nipissing First Nation,[1] an Ojibway tribe.

Background

The Nipissing First Nation has lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada for about 9,400 years.

Wayne Keon was born in 1946 in Pembroke, Ontario.[1] His father, Orville Keon worked at Denison Mines in Elliot Lake, where Keon grew up. Although his father only had a 6th grade education, he was a skilled storyteller and presented the young Keon with a gift of the complete works of W. B. Yeats. Even since he was twelve years old, Keon wrote.[2]

Keon earned a business administration degree from the Northern Institute of Technology in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1969.[2] He has a background as a financial analyst.[3] As of 1976 he worked for mining corporation Rio Algom which amalgamated with Billiton and finally BHP Billiton to become the largest mining corporation in the world and was able to travel extensively, including North and South America, Australia and Europe. The company encouraged Keon's writing and gave their South American colleagues studying English copies of his books.[2]

Keon has read his poetry in Canada, the United States, and throughout Europe. Currently, he lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

His work is characterized by his enigmatic and unique spelling, for instance, "nd" instead of "and."[4]

Published works

Anthology publications

Periodical publications

  • ACTA VICTORIANA, Victoria University, Canada
  • ANTIGONISH REVIEW, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
  • ARC, Carlton University, Canada
  • ARIEL, University of Calgary, Canada
  • BENEATH THE SURFACE, McMaster University, Canada
  • BREAKTHRU, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • CANADIAN AUTHOR & BOOKMAN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • CANADIAN DIMENSION, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • CANADIAN FORUM, Canada
  • CANADIAN LITERATURE, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • CAROUSEL, University of Guelph, Canada
  • CRONE PAPERS, Crossville Tennessee USA
  • CROSS CANADA WRITER'S MAGAZINE, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
  • DALHOUSIE REVIEW, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • DANDELION, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • EXILE, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • FIDDLEHEAD, University of New Brunswick, Canada
  • GATHERINGS, En'owkin Centre, Penticton, B.C., Canada
  • GRAIN, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • GREEN'S MAGAZINE, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • THE JOURNAL, Saint Mary's University, Canada
  • KANATA, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • LINES REVIEW, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
  • MAINLINE, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • MALAHAT REVIEW, University of Victoria, Canada
  • MOOSEHEAD ANTHOLOGY, Concordia University, Canada
  • MUSELETTER, League of Canadian Poets, Canada
  • NEWEST, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • NEW QUARTERLY, University Of Waterloo, Canada
  • NEXT EXIT, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • POETRY WLU, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
  • THE PRAIRIE JOURNAL OF CANADIAN LITERATURE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • PRISM INTERNATIONAL, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • QUEEN'S QUARTERLY, Queen's University, Canada
  • REVISTA, Universidad de Alicante, Spain. if I ever heard Wayne Keon translation Ingrid A. Matckars.”
  • THE STUMP, Malasapina College, Canada
  • TABULA RASA, London, Ontario, Canada
  • THE TORONTO SOUTH ASIAN REVIEW, Toronto, Canada
  • TORONTO STAR, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • TOWER POETRY, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
  • UC REVIEW, University of Toronto, Canada
  • WAVES, York University, Canada

Music performances of Wayne Keon’s work

Discography

Album

Singles

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Wayne Keon, 1946." Native American Authors. (retrieved 30 Dec 2009)
  2. 1 2 3 Armstrong and Grauer, 84
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Wayne Keon." The Mercury Press (retrieved 30 Dec 2009)
  4. ↑ Hartman, Christina."Tribal Literature." Essays and Information. (retrieved 30 Dec 2009)
  5. ↑ New, William H. Native Writers and Canadian Writing. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1990: 153-165. ISBN 0-7748-0371-1.

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