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Blaine Marchand (born 1949 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer.[1] Marchand has published poetry, non-fiction and a novel.
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Blaine Marchand | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable awards | Archibald Lampman Award (1992) |
A longtime program manager with the Canadian International Development Agency, some of his writing has been inspired by his international travels with the organization.[2] In 2012 he was guest editor of an issue of the Canadian poetry magazine Vallum dedicated to poets from Pakistan.[2]
From 1992 to 1994 he was president of the League of Canadian Poets.[1] He was also a co-founder of the Ottawa Independent Writers, the Ottawa Valley Book Festival and the Canadian Review, and a regular columnist for Ottawa's LGBT newspaper Capital Xtra!.
- 1971 - Georgia May Cook Sonnet Award
- 1987 - Anthos Poetry Prize
- 1990 - The League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, second prize
- 1992 - Archibald Lampman Award
Poetry
- After the Fact. Borealis Press. 1979. ISBN 978-0-88887-051-3.
- Open Fires. Anthos Books. 1987. ISBN 978-0-920798-07-2.
- A Garden Enclosed. Cormorant Books. 1991. ISBN 978-0-920953-52-5.
- Bodily Presence. Quarry Press. 1994. ISBN 978-1-55082-1413.
- Aperture. BuschekBooks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-894543-46-0.
- The Craving of Knives. BuschekBooks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-894543-58-3.
Novels
- African Journey. Media-Sphere, Youth Editions. 1990. ISBN 978-0-662-18070-8.
Non-fiction
- Deborah Fletcher; Blaine Marchand; Louis Valenzuela (1981). Ottawa A to Z. Deneau Publishers. ISBN 978-0-88879-058-3.
Anthologies
- Garden Varieties. Cormorant Books. 1988. ISBN 0-920953-01-8.
- Capital Poets: An Ottawa Anthology. (Ouroboros, 1989).
- More Garden Varieties Two. Mercury Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-920544-76-1.
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