The Spell of Memory
- Publisher
- Oolichan Books
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2004
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889821958
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
- List Price
- $17.95
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Ilya Tourtidis was born in Greece in 1949. He moved to Australia when he was four years old and to Canada when he was fifteen. Educated at the University of Victoria, he worked as a teacher and later as a School Counselor in the Comox Valley where he now resides. He was Co-winner of the Gerald Lampert Award in 1994 for his first book of poems, Mad Magellan's Tale. A subsequent collection of his poetry, The Spell of Memory was published in 2004. This was followed by a further collection, Path of Descent and Devotion, published in 2009. In addition to poetry, Ilya Tourtidis also writes screenplays, novels, and children's stories.
