Fred Cogswell

Education

A teacher at the age of sixteen, Cogswell gained a Bachelor(Honours) and Master of Arts at the University of New Brunswick and received a Doctor of Philosophy from Edinburgh University.

Career

Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick he served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. He later became a professor of English at the University of New Brunswick, a position he held from 1952 to 1983. He was the author of 33 books of his own poetry, 9 books of poetry translation and publisher of 307 books of poetry.

In addition, Fred Cogswell wrote and published many learned articles and reviews.

His poetry has been published in magazines, journals, anthologies and textbooks and has been translated into several languages including Chinese, Romanian, Spanish, and French. The Fred Cogswell Award Foreign Excellence In Poetry was founded in 2014 and is an annual event open to Canadian poets.

Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada, educated Anne Compton, Laurence Hutchman, Ross Leckie and Robin McGrath (Goose Lane Editions, 2002).

Achievements

• Bliss Carman Award for Poetry, 1945, 1947. Gold Medal, Philippines Republic, for Distinguished Poet, Magazine Editor, 1957. Member of the Order of Canada, 1981. L.L.D., Saint Francis Xavier University, 1983. D.C.L., King"s College, 1985. L.L.D., Mount Allison University, 1988. Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in Literary Arts, New Brunswick Government, 1995. Medal for 125th Anniversary of Canada, 1997.

Works

• Other Work

  • A double question

Membership

Fred Cogswell was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1981. Doctor Cogswell was a Life Member of the League of Canadian Poets, the Association of Canadian Publishers, and the Writers" Federation of New Brunswick.