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Don McKay (born 1942) is an award-winning Canadian poet, editor, and educator. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media This is a list of educators. See also Education, List of education topics.

Born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall, McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Cornwall is a City in eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Ontario. The University of Western Ontario (known as Western, as well as UWO or Western Ontario) is a public research University located in London The University of Wales ( Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a confederal University founded in 1893. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. He taught creative writing and English for 27 years in universities including the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. The University of New Brunswick ( UNB) is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick.

McKay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including Long Sault (1975), Ledpendu (1978), and Apparatus (1997). He has twice won the Governor General's Award, for Night Field (1991) and Another Gravity (2000), and in June of 2007 he won the Griffin Poetry Prize for Strike/Slip (2006). The Governor General's Awards are named in honour of the Governor General of Canada, and are presented in a number of fields The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award.

Although publishing since 1973, literary writing on McKay's poetry is new, and much critical examination of his work is yet to be done. He has made a wide impression as a teacher and editor. He is the co-founder and manuscript reader for Brick Books, one of Canada's leading poetry presses, and was editor of the literary journal The Fiddlehead from 1991-96. The Fiddlehead is a Canadian Literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick. He has participated in the Sage Hill Writing experience in Saskatchewan and he is Associate Director for poetry at the Banff Centre for the Arts Writing Studio. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 The Banff Centre is an Arts, Cultural, and Educational institution and conference facility located in Banff Alberta. He has edited many books by fellow poets, including Ken Babstock, George Elliot Clarke, Tim Lilburn, Barbara Colebrook Peace, and Michael Redhill. Ken Babstock is a Canadian Poet. He was born in Newfoundland and raised in the Ottawa Valley. George Elliott Clarke (born February 12 1960) is a Canadian Poet and Playwright. Tim Lilburn (born 27 June 1950) is a Canadian poet and Essayist, and the author of six books of poems including Kill-site, To Michael Redhill (born 12 June 1966) is an American -born Canadian Poet, Playwright and Novelist.

McKay is an avid birdwatcher and bird themes and flight are dominant topics in his poetry. Birdwatching or birding is the observation and study of Birds with the naked eye or through a visual enhancement device like Binoculars. In Birding, or Desire (1983), the quirky protagonist is never far from his Birds of Canada hobbyist's field guide. McKay's passion for birds and nature percolates throughout all of his work. McKay sees his writing as “nature poetry in a time of environmental crisis. ”[1] McKay's poems are ecologically centred, inspired by the conflict between inspiration and spiritual, instinct and knowledge. Other members of this emerging group of “ecopoets” include Tim Lilburn, Dennis Lee, Roo Borson, Robert Bringhurst, and Jan Zwicky. Tim Lilburn (born 27 June 1950) is a Canadian poet and Essayist, and the author of six books of poems including Kill-site, To Dennis Lee OC, MA (born 31 August 1939) is a Canadian Children's writer and Poet who lives in Toronto Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born 20 January 1952 in Berkeley California) is a Canadian Poet Robert Bringhurst (born October 16, 1946) is a Poet, Typographer and Author. Jan Zwicky (born 10 May 1955) is a Canadian Philosopher, Poet, Essayist, and Violinist.

His book of poetic philosophy Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness, details many of McKay's beliefs on metaphor, wildness, and the homing instinct. McKay's essay “Baler Twine,” touches on his main poetic themes as well as those of Matériel and poetic attention.

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  1. ^ McKay, Don. Vis-à-Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness. Wolfville: Gaspereau Press, 2001, p. 9.
  2. ^ a b c [1]Web page titled "Don McKay" at the "writing canada into the millennium" Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
  3. ^ a b c [2]Web page titled "Griffin Poetry Prize 2007" at the Griffen Poetry Prize Web site, accessed October 6, 2007

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