Seymour Mayne

Seymour Mayne (born 18 May 1944) is a Canadian poet and literary translator.

Life
Mayne was born in Montreal, Quebec. 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 and bill bissett.

He also published a critical analysis of poet Irving Layton's work in 1978.

Mayne teaches Canadian literature at the University of Ottawa.

Recognition

 * His poetry was anthologized in the Penguin Book of Canadian Verse.

Poetry

 * 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, 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)
 * Ricochet, bilingual English-French collection of word sonnets, translated by Sabine Huynh (2011)

The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories. Toronto: Ronald P. Frye & Co., 2012.

Guest Editor, Shirim: A Jewish Poetry Journal, Jewish Canadian Poetry: A Double Issue. Vol. XXIX, No. II (2011) & Vol. XXX, No. I (2012).

Ricochet: Word Sonnets/Sonnets d'un mot, bilingual edition, translated into French by Sabine Huynh, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2011.

Voces del norte. Cuentos canadienses hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial (Voices from the North: Canadian Stories to World War I), editor, translated into Spanish by Guillermo Badenes and Josefina Coisson, with an interview Afterword by the editor, Córdoba, Argentina: Editorial Ícaro/Centro Cultural Canadá Córdoba, 2009.

Leensok letoch haor hachi chazak: Mevchar shirim (Fly Off into the Strongest Light: Selected Poems), translated into Hebrew by Moshe Dor, with an interview Afterword by the author, Tel Aviv: Keshev Publishing House, 2009.

Les pluies de septembre: poèmes choisis 1980-2005, translated into French by Pierre DesRuisseaux, with a Preface by Pierre Anctil, Montréal: Éditions du Noroit, 2008.

Reflejos. Sonetos de una palabra (Ricochet: Word Sonnets), bilingual edition, translated into Spanish by María Laura Spoturno et al., edited by María Laura Spoturno, La Plata, Argentina: Ediciones Al Margen, 2008.

Pluriel: Une anthologie, des voix/An Anthology of Diverse Voices, bilingual edition, co-editor, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2008.

A Dream of Birds: Word Sonnets, co-author, Montreal: Allied Widget, 2007.

Hail/Granizo: Word Sonnets/Sonetos de una palabra, bilingual edition, translated into Spanish by María Laura Spoturno et al., La Plata, Argentina: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2006.

Visible Living: Poems Selected and New by Marya Fiamengo, co-editor, Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2006.

September Rain, Oakville, On/Niagara Falls, NY: Mosaic Press, 2005.

Overheard: Word Sonnets, Ottawa: Dusty Owl Press, 2005.

El Viejo Sofá Azul. Cuentos Canadienses (The Old Blue Couch: Canadian Stories), translated into Spanish by Guillermo Badenes, Córdoba, Argentina: Anábasis, 2004.

Ricochet: Word Sonnets, Oakville, ON/ Niagara Falls, NY: Mosaic Press, 2004.

Foreplay: An Anthology of Word Sonnets, co-editor, Ottawa: Friday Circle, 2004, electronic edition.

Cinquefoil, co-author, Oakville, ON/ Niagara Falls, NY: Mosaic Press, 2003.

Hail: Word Sonnets, Ottawa: Concertina, 2002.

Light Industry: Humourous and Satirical Poems, Oakville, ON/ Niagara Falls, NY: Mosaic Press, 2000.

A Rich Garland: Poems for A.M. Klein, co-editor, Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1999.

Carbon Filter: Poems in Dedication, Toronto/Paris/ New York: Mosaic Press, 1999.

Ir Hanistar (City of the Hidden), translated into Hebrew by Moshe Dor, Tel Aviv: Gevanim, 1998.

A.M Klein: Selected Poems, co-editor, Toronto/Buffalo/London: University of Toronto Press, 1997.

Jerusalem: An Anthology of Jewish Canadian Poetry, co-editor, Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1996.

The Song of Moses and Other Poems, Ottawa: Concertina/InterAccess Technology Corp. and London: The Menard Press, 1995.