Fred Cogswell

Fred Cogswell (November 8 1917- June 20 2004) was a Canadian poet.

Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick he served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. A teacher at the age of sixteen, Cogswell gained a BA(Hons) and MA at the University of New Brunswick and received a PhD from Edinburgh University. He later became a professor of English at the University of New Brunswick, a position he held from 1952 to 1983.

In 1958, Cogswell and a group of students and faculty from the University of New Brunswick founded "Fiddlehead Poetry Books", now one of Canada's important small press publishers operating as "Goose Lane Editions".

Fred Cogswell was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1981.

elected bibliography

*"The Stunted Strong", 1954 (republished 2004)
*"The Best Notes Merge", 1988, Borealis Press, ISBN 0-88887-899-0
*"Black and White Tapestry", 1989, Borealis Press, ISBN 0-88887-915-6
*"Watching An Eagle", 1991, Borealis Press
*"In Praise of Old Music", 1992, Borealis Press, ISBN 0-88887-134-1
*"When the Right Light Shines", 1992, Borealis Press, ISBN 0-88887-124-4
*"In My Own Growing", 1993, Borealis Press, ISBN 0-88887-113-9
*"As I See It", 1994, ISBN 0-88887-150-3
*"The Trouble With Light", 1996, Borealis Press, ISBN 0-88887-140-6
*"Folds", 1997, ISBN 0-88887-171-6
*"A Double Question", 1999
*"With Vision Added", 2000

Awards

*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., St. 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.

References

* Williamson, Margie. "Four Maritime Poets: a survey of the works of Alden Nowlan, Fred Cogswell, Raymond Fraser and Al Pittman, as they reflect the spirit and culture of the Maritime people". Thesis (M.A.), Dalhousie University, 1973 [microform] .

External links

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001736 Fred Cogswell's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/poet/poem-of-the-week/poems-e.htm?param=11 "Etching" by Fred Cogswell]
* [http://www.youngpoets.ca/history/history14.php Biography of Cogswell with "The Leaf"]
* [http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/cogswell.htm Another Biography]