Robert Finch (poet)
Robert Finch | |
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Born | Robert Duer Claydon Finch May 14, 1900 Freeport, Long Island, NY |
Died | June 11, 1995 (age 95) |
Occupation | professor |
Language | English |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto, Sorbonne |
Genre | poetry |
Notable works | Poems, Acis in Oxford and Other Poems |
Notable awards | Governor General's Award, Lorne Pierce Medal, FRSC |
Robert Duer Claydon Finch (May 14, 1900 – June 11, 1995) was a
Life
Born in
Writing
Finch began writing poetry in the early 1920s; "like most of the Canadian Modernists, he wrote much of his best known poetry in the 1930s, when the Depression precluded the real possibility of publication."[3]
In
Finch's first book of poetry, Poems, was published in 1946.[1]
Recognition
Finch won the Governor General's Award in 1946 for Poems, and in 1961 for Acis in Oxford and Other Poems.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1963. The Society awarded him its Lorne Pierce Medal in 1968.[1]
Publications
Poetry
- New Provinces: Poems of Several Authors. Toronto, Macmillan, 1936. (one of six poets in a collection)
- Poems. Toronto: Oxford U P, 1946.[3]
- The Strength of the Hills. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1948.[5]
- A Century has Roots: a masque performed at Hart House Theatre to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the foundation of University College, Toronto, in 1853. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1953.[5]
- Acis in Oxford and Other Poems. Oxford UK: privately printed at New Bodleian, 1959. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1961.[5]
- Dover Beach Revisited and Other Poems. Toronto: Macmillan, 1961.[5]
- Silverthorn Bush and Other Poem. Toronto: Macmillan, 1966.[5]
- "Five Sonnets," Tamarack Review 74 (Spring 1978).[5]
- Variations and Theme. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 0-88984-035-0
- Has and Is. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 0-88984-048-2
- Twelve for Christmas. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 0-88984-078-4
- The Grand Duke of Moscow's Favourite Solo. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 0-88984-080-6
- Double Tuning. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 0-88984-065-2
- Sailboat and Lake.. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1984.ISBN 0-88984-124-1
- Miracle at the Jetty. Port Rowan, ON: Leeboard P, ISBN 0-9694604-1-4
Prose
- The Sixth Sense: Individualism in French Poetry 1686-1760. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1966.[5]
Edited
- French Individualist Poetry 1686-1760. Robert Finch & Eugène Joliat ed. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1971.ISBN 0802052606
References
- ^ a b c " Robert Finch," Online Guide to Writing in Canada. Web, Mar. 17, 2011.
- ^ a b c E.D. Blodgett, "Finch, Robert Duer Claydon," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 773.
- ^ a b c Brian Trehearne, "Finch's Early Poetry and the Dandy Manner," Canadian Poetry: Studies/Documents/Reviews, No. 18 (Spring/Summer, 1986). Web, Mar. 18, 2011.
- ^ Michael Gnarowski, "New Provinces: Poems of Several Authors," Canadian Encyclopedia (Hurtig: Edmonton, 1988), 1479.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Search results: Robert Finch, Open Library, Web, May 9, 2011.