Raymond Filip

Raymond Filip (born 1950) is a Lithuanian-Canadian poet and writer who was born in a displaced persons camp in Lübeck, Germany after World War II.[1] He teaches in the English department at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.[2]

He is the author of six collections of poetry and one collection of prose. His work has been included in major anthologies: The Penguin Treasury of Canadian Popular Songs and Poems edited by John Robert Colombo (Penguin 2002); The New Canadian Poets 1970-1985 edited by Dennis Lee (McClelland & Stewart 1985); and Canadian Poets of the 80s edited by Ken Norris (House of Anansi 1983). His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Lithuanian.[1]

His poetry centres on themes of domestic abuse, war trauma, and immigration.[3] He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985–1987.[4]

Publications

Poetry

  • Flowers in Magnetic Fields. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions, 1994.
  • Backscatter: New and Selected Poems. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions, 2001.
  • Rivers Applaud Forever. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions, 2019.
  • Six Poems. Montreal, QC: League of Canadian Poets, 1988.
  • Hope’s Half-Life: Nuclear Poems. Montreal, QC: Véhicule Press, 1983.
  • Somebody Told Me I Look Like Everyman. Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1978.

Prose

  • After the Fireworks. Montreal, QC: Guernica Editions, 1989.

References

  1. ^ a b Filip, Raymond (November 14, 2019). Rivers Applaud Forever. Guernica Editions. ISBN 9781771833608 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Raymond Filip | John Abbott College Departments".
  3. ^ "For the Father I Did Not Kill with Raymond Filip." Arts & Opinion, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Ian Ferrier. "Dial-a-Poem : Montreal poets put works on the line." The Gazette. October 1, 1985. p. 12.
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