Michael Gnarowski

by George J. Dance

Michael Gnarowski (born 1934) is a Canadian poet, editor, academic, and literary critic.

Life
Gnarowski began publishing poetry as an undergraduate at McGill University, ub Yes magazine, which he co-edited. He received a B.A. from McGill in 1956, attended the University of Indiana in 1959, and took an M.A. from the Universite de Montreal in 1960 and an Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa in 1967.

He founded and edited the literary magazine Le Chien d'or/The Golden Dog (1970-1972) and Golden Dog Press (1971-1985). He also was an editor for Delta Press, Tecumseh Press and McGraw-Hill Ryerson's Critical Views on Canadian Writers Series (1969-1977), and Canadian Poetry (1977- ).