Christopher Levenson Explained

Christopher Levenson
Birth Date:	13 February 1934
Birth Place:	London, England
Occupation:	Poet

Christopher Levenson (born February 13, 1934, in London, England) is a Canadian poet.

Life

Levenson was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Boys and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English under F. R. Leavis.^[1] He later received a further degree from the University of Iowa.^[2]

Levenson lived in the Netherlands and Germany, before moving to Ottawa in 1968. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973. He was co-founder, and editor, of Arc Poetry Magazine,^[3] and taught for many years at Carleton University.^[4]

His work appeared in The Antigonish Review,^[5] among other journals, and he is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada.^[6]

Awards

• 1960 Eric Gregory Award
• 1987 Archibald Lampman Award

Works

Poetry

• Book: Cairns. registration. Chatto & Windus; Hogarth Press. 1969. 978-0-7011-1486-2 .
• Stills. (Chatto & Windus, London, 1972).
• Book: Into the Open. Golden Dog Press. 1977. 978-0-919614-23-9 .
• Book: The Journey Back. Sesame Press. 1978. 978-0-920580-00-4 .
• Book: Arriving at Night. Mosaic Press. 1986. 978-0-88962-341-5 .
• Book: The Return. Mandeville Press, England. 1986. 978-0-904533-96-5 .
• Half Truths. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1990).
• Book: Duplicities: New and Selected Poems. Mosaic Press. 1992. 978-0-88962-527-3 .
• Book: The Bridge. BuschekBooks. 2000. 978-1-894543-02-6. registration.
• Book: Local Time. Stone Flower Press. 2006. 978-0-9737607-2-9 .
• Book: Night Vision. Quattro Books. 2014. 978-1927443-58-3.

Translations

• Book: Light of the World: An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Dutch Religious and Occasional Poetry . Netherlandic Press. 1982. 978-0-919417-04-5.
• Seeking Love's Solace (Aliquando Press, 1982).

Editor

• Book: Coming to Canada. Carol Shields. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 1992. 978-0-88629-187-7 .
• Book: Carleton University Student Poetry 1973-74. Christopher Levenson, George Johnston. Carleton University. 1974 .
• Reconcilable Differences: The Changing Face of Poetry by Canadian Men Since 1970. (Bayeux Arts, 1994)

External links

• "Christopher Levenson", poets.ca
• Web site: Christopher Levenson fonds - Search Research Collections. McMaster University Library. William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections. 17 July 2019.

Notes and References

1. "Cambridge University Tripos Results", The Times, 21 June 1956, p. 4.
2. https://www.sfu.ca/seniors/levenson.htm
3. Web site: ::Arc Poetry::Log Entries::Arc Poetry Magazine Turns 30:: . 2009-07-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211003502/http://www.arcpoetry.ca/logentries/pressreleases/001037_arc_poetry_magazine_turns_30.php . 2008-12-11 .
4. Web site: Who's . 2009-07-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010305221349/http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/levenson.htm . 2001-03-05 .
5. Web site: Contributors the Antigonish Review Issue Nr. 126 . 2009-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091221061544/http://www.antigonishreview.com/bi-126/126-contributors.html . 2009-12-21 . dead .
6. Web site: The Writers' Union of Canada - Christopher Levenson . 2009-07-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616202329/http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=1141&L= . 2011-06-16 .