Shaunt Basmajian Explained
| Shaunt Basmajian |
| Birth Date: | 1950 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Death Place: | , Canada |
| Occupation: | poet and author |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 1950 – 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author.
He was a co-founder of Old Nun Publications and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group.[1]
In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robbed while he was driving a taxi. His right lung was punctured when a robber stabbed him. He died one year later when his heart lining collapsed.[2]
Bibliography
- 1972: Spare Change
- 1973: Quote Unquote
- 1974: The Horserace As The Analogy
- 1976: The Poem "In A Struggle with the Magnetic Source"
- 1980: Boundaries Limits & Space
- 1982: Surplus Waste and Other Poems
- 1983: 8 Irritations
- 1984: Other Channels (poetry anthology coëdited with Daniel Jones)
- 1985: Poets Who Don't Dance[3]
- 1986: Options
- 1987: A Seduction-Poem For Miss January
- 1988: 3 poems
- 1988: Biased Analogies
- 1989: bfp(h)aGe (concrete poetry anthology coëdited with Brian David Johnston)
- 1990: I am/I'm
External links
Notes and References
- News: Shaunt Basmajian won acclaim as poet. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024030906/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/471463031.html?dids=471463031:471463031&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+29,+1990&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Shaunt+Basmajian+won+acclaim+as+poet&pqatl=google. dead. 24 October 2012. 29 January 1990. Toronto Star. A.16. 1 December 2009.
- News: Cab driver's lung punctured in $80 Scarborough holdup. Thomas. Jocko. 19 September 1986. A.8. Toronto Star. 1 December 2009.
- News: Heading straight for the heart of it (Review of Poets Who Don't Dance). McAllister. Lesley. 27 December 1986. Toronto Star. G.19. 1 December 2009. 24 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024030930/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475719301.html?dids=475719301:475719301&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+27,+1986&author=Lesley+McAllister&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Heading+straight+for+the+heart+of+it&pqatl=google. dead.
