Seymour Mayne is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and literary translator

Translation

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. He has published over 50 works of poetry and literary criticism, and has edited several anthologies of Canadian and Jewish literature.

He was a co-founder of Very Stone House, a small press dedicated to Canadian poetry, in 1965 with fellow poets Patrick Lane

Patrick Lane

Patrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...

 and bill bissett

Bill Bissett

bill bissett is a Canadian poet famous for his anti-conventional style. He often does not capitalise his name or use capital letters.-Life:...

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He also published a critical analysis of poet Irving Layton

Irving Layton

Irving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made enemies. As T...

's work in 1978.

Mayne currently teaches Canadian literature

Canadian literature

Canadian literature is literature originating from Canada. Collectively it is often called CanLit. Some criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes, although this is only a small portion of Canadian Literary criticism...

 at the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

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Works

• That Monocycle the Moon (1964)
• From the Portals of Mouseholes (1966)
• Ticklish Ticlorice (1969)
• Anewd (1969)
• Mutetations (1969)
• manimals (1969)
• The gigole teaspoon (1969)
• Mouth (1970)
• For Stems of Light (1971)
• Face (1971)
• Cutting the Keys (1974)
• Name (1975)
• Begging (1977)
• Diasporas (1977)
• Irving Layton: The Poet and His Critics (1978)
• Racoon (sic) (1979)
• The Impossible Promised Land: Poems New and Selected (1981)
• Essential Words: An Anthology of Jewish Canadian Poetry (1985)
• Children of Abel (1986)
• Killing Time (1992)
• The Song of Moses (1995)
• Jerusalem: An Anthology of Jewish Canadian Poetry, ed. with B. Glen Rotchin (1996)
• Carbon Filter: Poems in Dedication (1999)
• A Rich Garland: Poems for A. M. Klein
  A. M. Klein
  Abraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer, and lawyer. He has been called "One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture."...
  
  , ed. with B. Glen Rotchin (1999)
• Light Industry (2000)
• Hail (2002)
• Ricochet (2004)
• September Rain (2005)
• I Am Still the Boy
• Tiptoeing on the Mount
• A Dream of Birds, written with B. Glen Rotchin (2007)

External links

• Seymour Mayne entry in International Who's Who 2004
• Seymour Mayne entry in International Who's Who in Poetry 2005
• Seymour Mayne entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography