Weathers - Lochhead, Douglas
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Douglas Lochhead's poetry overflows with energy. Sharp observation of detail anchors his passionate sense of place, subtle irony and masterful form barely contain his uncompromising honesty, and his command of the poet's craft guides his attacks on the boundaries of meaning. In Weathers, more than ever before, he transmutes suffering and loss into a celebration of life and love. Douglas Lochhead is one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters, and Weathers presents choice selections from his work since 1985. In shaping this volume, he collaborated with David Creelman, who teaches Atlantic…mehr

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Douglas Lochhead's poetry overflows with energy. Sharp observation of detail anchors his passionate sense of place, subtle irony and masterful form barely contain his uncompromising honesty, and his command of the poet's craft guides his attacks on the boundaries of meaning. In Weathers, more than ever before, he transmutes suffering and loss into a celebration of life and love. Douglas Lochhead is one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters, and Weathers presents choice selections from his work since 1985. In shaping this volume, he collaborated with David Creelman, who teaches Atlantic literature at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John. This collection shows the poet at the apex of his fifty-year writing career.
Autorenporträt
In the spring of 2001, Douglas Lochhead received the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-language Literary Arts from the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Member of the Order of Canada, the recipient of honorary doctorates from several universities, professor emeritus at Mount Allison University, senior fellow and founding librarian at Massey College, University of Toronto, and a life member of the League of Canadian Poets. After beginning his career as an advertising copywriter, he became a librarian, a professor of English, a specialist in typography and fine hand printing, and a bibliographer, scholar, and editor -- indeed, he has characterized himself as "an unrepentant generalist." At Mount Allison University, he was a founder and the director of the Centre for Canadian Studies, and he held the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair in Canadian Studies.