Raymond Filip was born in Lübeck, Germany, 1950. He has written 5 books of poetry, as well as a collection of short stories entitled After The Fireworks (Guernica Editions 1989). In 1995 he won the QSPELL/QWF poetry award for his book Flowers In Magnetic Fields (Guernica Editions). His poems have appeared in major anthologies such as The Penguin Treasury of Canadian Popular Songs and Poems, The New Canadian Poets 1970-1985, and Canadian Poets of the 80s. A former Québec contributing editor to "Books in Canada," his articles and reviews have appeared in close to 100 magazines and periodicals around the world. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Lithuanian.