Shaunt Basmajian

Shaunt Basmajian

Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 195025 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, Basmajian emigrated to Canada when he was seven years old. He was a founder of the Canadian Poetry Association, co-founder of Old Nun Publications (with Ted Plantos), and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group. The Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, given annually to a Canadian poet, was established in his memory.

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"I read the paper / and stay awake all night / writing poems / trying to forget everything / dreaming of a new world / a solution / an answer / in the aftermath"

*Shaunt Basmajian, excerpt from"On That Other Day In The Life Of Arto Sarkissian", Poets Who Don't Dance.

Bibliography

*"Surplus Waste and Other Poems" - 1982
*"Poets Who Don't Dance" - 1985
*"Biased Analogies" - 1988


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