David Wevill
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David Wevill is a Canadian poet and translator. He became a dual citizen (American
and Canadian) in 1994. Wevill is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin.
He returned to his native Canada before the outbreak of World War II
. He read History and English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
, and became a noted member of an underground literary movement in London known as The Group.
Wevill first made a name for himself as a poet when he was included in A. Alvarez's anthology The New Poetry (Penguin, 1962), aimed at resisting the conservative milieu of mainstream British poetry. In 1963 Wevill was showcased in A Group Anthology (Oxford University Press). Wevill's published works include Penguin Modern Poets 4 (Penguin, 1963); Birth of a Shark (Macmillan, 1964); A Christ of the Ice-Floes (Macmillan, 1966); Penguin Modern European Poets: Ferenc Juhász (Penguin, 1970); Firebreak (Macmillan, 1971); Where the Arrow Falls (St. Martin's, 1974); Casual Tieshttp://www.tavernbooks.com (Curbstone, 1983; Tavern Books, 2010); Other Names for the Heart (Exile Editions Ltd., 1985); Figure of 8: New Poems and Selected Translations (Exile Editions Ltd., 1987); Figure of 8 (Shearsman, 1988); Child Eating Snow (Exile Editions Ltd., 1994); Solo With Grazing Deer (Exile Editions Ltd., 2001); Departures (Shearsman, 2003); Asterisks (Exile Editions Ltd., 2007); and To Build My Shadow a Fire: The Poetry and Translations of David Wevillhttp://tsup.truman.edu/item.asp?itemId=421 edited by Michael McGriff (Truman State University Press, 2010). Wevill is also the former editor of Delos, a literary journal centered on poetry in translation and the poetics of translation.
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and Canadian) in 1994. Wevill is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin.
He returned to his native Canada before the outbreak of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He read History and English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and...
, and became a noted member of an underground literary movement in London known as The Group.
Wevill first made a name for himself as a poet when he was included in A. Alvarez's anthology The New Poetry (Penguin, 1962), aimed at resisting the conservative milieu of mainstream British poetry. In 1963 Wevill was showcased in A Group Anthology (Oxford University Press). Wevill's published works include Penguin Modern Poets 4 (Penguin, 1963); Birth of a Shark (Macmillan, 1964); A Christ of the Ice-Floes (Macmillan, 1966); Penguin Modern European Poets: Ferenc Juhász (Penguin, 1970); Firebreak (Macmillan, 1971); Where the Arrow Falls (St. Martin's, 1974); Casual Tieshttp://www.tavernbooks.com (Curbstone, 1983; Tavern Books, 2010); Other Names for the Heart (Exile Editions Ltd., 1985); Figure of 8: New Poems and Selected Translations (Exile Editions Ltd., 1987); Figure of 8 (Shearsman, 1988); Child Eating Snow (Exile Editions Ltd., 1994); Solo With Grazing Deer (Exile Editions Ltd., 2001); Departures (Shearsman, 2003); Asterisks (Exile Editions Ltd., 2007); and To Build My Shadow a Fire: The Poetry and Translations of David Wevillhttp://tsup.truman.edu/item.asp?itemId=421 edited by Michael McGriff (Truman State University Press, 2010). Wevill is also the former editor of Delos, a literary journal centered on poetry in translation and the poetics of translation.
External links
- To Build My Shadow a Fire
- Faculty page (University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
) - Guardian article
- Olives of Oblivion