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Lochhead, Douglas Grant was born on March 25, 1922 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Son of Allan Grant and Helen Louise (Van Wart) Lochhead.
(Looking Into Trees is the latest collection from the pen ...)
Looking Into Trees is the latest collection from the pen of eminent Canadian poet Douglas Lochhead. Drawing its inspiration from time spent looking "into trees, between trees, around trees," behind the poet's house, the collection evokes the wonderful mystery of trees and the way they confront the contemplative viewer. For Lochhead, the ever-changing landscape of trees, their shadows and lights, reflects life itself, the great changes and the small details. Lochhead presents looking into and between trees as a continuing surprise; every hour, every second is different, as light changes and wind moves, leading to reflection on the moods, events, and phases of human life. Lochhead's human world is intimately interwoven with its landscape. The work is illustrated with details from paintings by Kenneth Lochhead, the poet's brother and one of the Regina Five group of abstract painters who were so significant to the development of Canada's fine arts tradition.
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(Looking Into Trees is the latest collection from the pen ...)
Looking Into Trees is the latest collection from the pen of eminent Canadian poet Douglas Lochhead. Drawing its inspiration from time spent looking "into trees, between trees, around trees", behind the poet's house, the collection evokes the wonderful mystery of trees and the way they confront the contemplative viewer. For Lochhead, the ever-changing landscape of trees, their shadows and lights, reflects life itself, the great changes and the small details. Lochhead presents looking into and between trees as a continuing surprise; every hour, every second is different, as light changes and wind moves, leading to reflection on the moods, events, and phases of human life. Lochhead's human world is intimately interwoven with its landscape. The work is illustrated with details from paintings by Kenneth Lochhead, the poet's brother and one of the Regina Five group of abstract painters who were so significant to the development of Canada's fine arts tradition.
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(Love on the Marsh, a long poem in 100 stanzas, is describ...)
Love on the Marsh, a long poem in 100 stanzas, is described by Lochhead as "an extension of High Marsh Road" and "brother and sister to it". The diary-like entries, a form to which Lochhead has frequently returned over the years, can also be compared to his work in The Panic Field. By turns earthy and etherial, a pilgrimage through a landscape of grass and sky and tumultuous emotions, Love on the Marsh revisits the High Marsh Road with a new eye and finds in it the self-examining, self-discovering heart. Douglas Lochhead, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a life-member of the League of Canadian Poets, was born in Guelph, Ontario in 1922, and served as an infantry and artillery officer in the Canadian Army during World War II. Lochhead's High Marsh Road was a finalist for the Governor-General's Award for Poetry, and in 2005 he received the Carlo Betocchi International Poetry Prize for High Marsh Road / La Strada di Tantramar. He is also a recipient of the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-language Literary Arts, and of many honorary degrees.
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Lochhead, Douglas Grant was born on March 25, 1922 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Son of Allan Grant and Helen Louise (Van Wart) Lochhead.
Bachelor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1943; Bachelor of Liberal Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1951; Master of Arts in English, U. Toronto, Ontario, 1947; Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Mary's U., 1987; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dalhousie U., 1987.
Advertising and newspaper work, Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario, 1947-1950; chief library, Victoria (B.C., Canada) College, 1951-1952; lecturer sociology, Victoria (B.C., Canada) College, 1951-1952; library, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1952-1953; professor, university library, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1953-1960; director libraries, assistant professor England, York University, Toronto, 1960-1963; library, Massey College, U. Toronto, 1963-1975; special lecturer graduate department English, Massey College, U. Toronto, 1964-1965; Professor of English in bibliography, palaeography, Canadian poetry, Massey College, U. Toronto, 1965-1975; associate instructor faculty library science, senior fellow, Massey College, since 1965; founding library, Massey College, 1989; Davidson professor, director Canada studies program, Centre for Canada Studies, Mount Allison U., Sackville, N.B., Canada, 1975-1987; writer-in-residence, Mount Allison U., Sackville, N.B., Canada, 1987-1990; professor emeritus Canada Studies, Mount Allison U., since 1989. Library in residence Dalhousie U., 1981. Visiting professor Canadian studies U.Edinburgh, 1983-1984.
(Love on the Marsh, a long poem in 100 stanzas, is describ...)
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(Looking Into Trees is the latest collection from the pen ...)
(Looking Into Trees is the latest collection from the pen ...)
Lieutenant artillery, infantry Canada Army, 1943-1945. Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Bibliographical Society Canada (president 1974-1976), Quadrats (life), League Canadian Poets (life, vice chairman 1968-1972).
