Christopher Dewdney. Courtesy Media Studies.
Christopher Dewdney (born May 9, 1951) is a Canadian poet and academic..
Life[]
Dewdney was born in London, Ontario. He is the son of Canadian artist and historian Selwyn Dewdney, brother of Alexander Keewatin Dewdney, and great-grand-nephew of Edgar Dewdney (Lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Territories, 1881-1888, and British Columbia, 1892-1897).
Dewdney lives in Toronto, where he is a professor at York University. He is the long-time partner of writer Barbara Gowdy.
He is the author of 4 books of non-fiction as well as 11 books of poetry.
Recognition[]
Dewdney is a past winner of the CBC Literary Competition and the Harbourfront Festival Prize, and a 4-time nominee for the Governor General’s Literary Award.[1]
In 2005 his book, Acquainted With The Night: Excursions into the world after dark, was nominated for both a Governor General's Award and the Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction, and was published in 7 countries.
Dewdney was featured in the 1982 documentary Poetry in Motion.
Awards[]
- 1983 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry (for Predators of the Adoration)
- 1986 Winner, CBC Literary Competition for Poetry (for A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario)
- 1986 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry (for The Immaculate Perception)
- 1988 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry (for The Radiant Inventory)
- 2004 Finalist, Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction (for Acquainted with the Night)
- 2005 Finalist, Charles Taylor Prize (for Acquainted with the Night)
- 2007 Winner, Harbourfront Festival Prize
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Golders Green: Poems and crinoid drawings. Toronto: Coach House, 1971.
- A Palaeozoic Geology of London, Ontario: Poems and collages. Toronto: Coach House, 1973.
- Fovea Centralis. Toronto: Coach House, 1975.
- Alter Sublime. Toronto: Coach House, 1980.
- Predators of the Adoration: Selected poems, 1972-82. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983.
- The Immaculate Perception. Toronto & Buffalo, NY: Anansi, 1986.
- Radiant Inventory: Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988.
- Demon Pond: Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994.
- Demon Spawn (illustrated by Jesse Huisken). Toronto : BookThug, 2002.
- Children of the Further Dark: The poetry of Christopher Dewdney (edited by Karl E. Jirgens). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007.
Natural History of Southwestern Ontario[]
- Spring Trances in the Control Emerald Night (A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, book 1) Berkeley, CA: The Figures, 1978.
- Spring Trances in the Control Emerald Night / The Cenozoic Asylum (A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, books 1 & 2) Berkeley, CA: The Figures, 1982.
- The Cenozoic Asylum (A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, book 2). Liverpool, UK: Delires, 1983.
- Permugenesis: A recombinant text (A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, book 3) Toronto: Nightwood Editions, 1987.
- Concordat Proviso Ascendant (A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, book 4). Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1991.
- Signal Fires (including A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario, books 3 and 4). Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000.
- The Natural History. Toronto: ECW Press, 2002.
Non-fiction[]
- Jamelie Hassan: Material knowledge: A moral art of crisis (art catalogue). London, ON: London Regional Art Gallery, 1984.
- Judith Schwarz (pamphlet). Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1986.
- Recent Artifacts from the Institute of Applied Fiction. Montreal: McGill University Libraries, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1990.
- The Secular Grail. Toronto: Somerville House, 1993.
- Nether Mind (art exhibition catalogue). Toronto: Nether Mind Artist Collective, 1995.
- Last Flesh: Life in the transhuman era. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1998. ISBN 0-00-638472-2
- Acquainted with the Night: Excursions through the world after dark. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2004; London & New York: Bloomsbury, 2004.
- Soul of The World: Unlocking the secrets of time. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55468-002-3
Edited[]
- Derrick De Kerckhove, The Skin of Culture: Investigating the new electronic reality. Toronto: Somerville House Publishing, 1995.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
Essays[]
- "Parasite Maintenance." Open Letter series 4 no. 6-7 (Winter 1980-81), pp. 19-35.
- "bpNichol, 1944-1988." Brick: A Journal of Reviews 34 (Fall 1988), p. 5.
- "Life at the Centre." Canadian Telecom (November 1989), pp. 35-38.
- "Enigmatic Emblematic: The internal logic of Judith Schwarz's xculpture." Canadian Art 6:4 (Winter 1989), pp. 64-71.
- "Power Dreams." Descant 23:1-2 (Spring/Summer 1992), pp. 61-80.
- "Consciousness Projected." Descant 27:1-2 (Spring/Summer 1996), pp. 41-44.
- "After Deep Blue." Saturday Night 113:3 (April 1998), pp. 25-27.
Soul of the World Trailer
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the University of Toronto.[3]
Audio / video[]
Christopher Dewdney in ''Poetry in Motion''
- Video Marquee (poetry & music; cassette). Toronto: Coach House, 1990.[3]
- Ungulate Siesta (with music by Tom Third; cassette). London, ON: Nightwood Editions, 1990.[3]
- A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario (CD; produced by Steve Venright). Toronto: Coach House, 2004.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Christopher Dewdney: Strange Days, The Natural & the Manufactured, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Web, July 6, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Search results = au:Christopher Dewdney, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 16, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Christopher Dewdney: Publications, Canadian Poetry Online, University of Toronto Libraries, UToronto.ca, Web, July 5, 2012.
External links[]
- Poems
- Christopher Dewdney at Canadian Poetry Online (profile & 6 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Christopher Dewdney at Amazon.com
- About
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