Poetry Anthologies (multiple Authors)
Other Language, The
- Publisher
- J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- Anthologies (multiple authors), Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919754232
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
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Description
The Other Language is a look at English poetry in Montreal, beginning with the first moderns?F.R. Scott, A.J.M. Smith, and A.M. Klein?and ending with poets who published their first book in the seventies. This collection provides the reader with an introduction to the rich and diverse body of work written by Montreal poets in this century. Montreal is the centre of two diverse cultures that exist in a perpetual state of dynamism and tension, and these poets all reflect this dialogue.
About the author
Endre Farkas was born in Hungary and is a child of Holocaust survivors. He and his parents escaped during the 1956 uprising and settled in Montreal. His work has always had a political consciousness and has always pushed the boundaries of poetry. Since the 1970s, he has collaborated with dancers, musicians and actors to move the poem from page to stage. Still at the forefront of the Quebec English language literary scene - writing, editing, publishing and performing - Farkas is the author of eleven books, including Quotidian Fever: New and Selected Poems (1974-2007). He is the two-time regional winner of the CBC Poetry "Face Off" Competition. His play, Haunted House, based on the life and work of the poet A.M. Klein, was produced in Montreal in 2009. Farkas has given readings throughout Canada, USA, Europe and Latin America. His poems have been translated into French and Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, Slovenian and Turkish.
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Home Game
Never, Again
Language Matters
Interviews with 22 Quebec Poets
Blood is Blood
The Collected Books of Artie Gold
Quotidian Fever
New and Selected Poems
Worshipful Company of Skinners, In the
Passeport
La PoŽsie Moderne de Langue Anglaise au Canada
Quebec Suite
Poems for and about Quebec
