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poet and translator. His book ''Circus'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards."Complete list: The 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards"
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Works

Poetry

* ''Poems from Ritual'' (1967) * ''Text for Nausikaa'' (1970) * ''Sparks'' (1976) * ''Grace'' (1978) * ''Miss Emily et la Mort'' (1985) * ''In Transit'' (1985) * ''New and Selected Poems'' (1992) * ''Circus'' (2010) * ''The Gamekeeper : Selected Poems 1976-2011'' (2017)

Anthologies

* ''Ten Montreal Poets'' (1975) * ''The Signal Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry'' (1993)

Translations

* ''Veiled Countries/Lives: Poetry of

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References

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