Peter van Toorn
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Peter van Toorn (1944-October 6, 2021) was a Canadian poet [1] whose 1984 collection Mountain Tea was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1984 Governor General's Awards.[2]
Born in the Netherlands, Van Toorn moved to Canada with his family as a child. He attended McGill University, and taught for almost 30 years at John Abbott College. He published the collections Leeway Grass (1970) and In Guildenstern County (1973) and edited the anthologies Cross/cut: Contemporary English Quebec Poetry (1982) and The Insecurity of Art: Essays on Poetics (1982), prior to the publication of Mountain Tea.[3] He published no new work following Mountain Tea, although Mountain Tea itself was reissued in 2003 by Véhicule Press.[3]
Works[edit]
- Leeway Grass. Montreal: Delta Canada, 1970.
- Love Song. New York: Doctor Generosity Press, 1970.
- Four Montreal Poets (by Peter Van Toorn, Marc Plourde, Arty Gold, & Richard Sommer; edited by David Solway). Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1973.
- In Guilderstern County. Lasalle, QC: Delta Canada, 1973.
- Mountain Stick. Montreal: Versus, 1976.
- Mountain Tea, and other poems. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1984. ISBN 0-7710-8714-4
- Mountain Tea. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 2003.
References[edit]
- ^ "Peter van Toorn riggin dat slapstuff". Books in Canada, April 2002.
- ^ "Recollections". Canadian Literature, Summer 2006, Issue 189. pp. 139-142.
- ^ a b Peter van Toorn: Six Poems. Jacket2, Issue 34, October 2007.
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