writing in canada: authors: gwendolyn macewen

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Gwendolyn MacEwen

1941 - 1987

works by

Selah (Aleph Press, 1961)
The Drunken Clock (Aleph Press, 1961)
The Rising Fire (Contact Press, 1963)
Julian the Magician (Macmillan, 1963)
A Breakfast for Barbarians (The Ryerson Press, 1966)
The Shadow-Maker (Macmillan, 1969)
King of Egypt, King of Dreams (Macmillan, 1971)
Noman (Oberon Press, 1972)
The Armies of the Moon (Macmillan, 1972)
Magic Animals: Selected Poems Old and New (Macmillan, 1974)
Mermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer (House of Anansi, 1978)
The Chocolate Moose (N/C Press, 1979)
The Trojan Women (Playrights Co-op, 1979)
The Fire-Eaters (Oberon Press, 1982)
The T.E. Lawrence Poems (Mosaic Press, 1982)
Earthlight: The Selected Poetry 1963-1982 (General Publishing, 1982)
Noman's Land (Coach House Press, 1985)
Afterworlds (McClelland & Stewart, 1987)
Dragon Sandwiches (Black Moss Press, 1987)
The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen: The Early Years (Volume One), eds. Margaret Atwood and Barry Callaghan (Exile Editions -1993)
The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen: The Later Years (Volume Two), eds. Margaret Atwood and Barry Callaghan (Exile Editions -1993)
The Birds: A Modern Adaptation (Exile Editions -1993)

works on

Margaret Atwood, "MacEwen's Muse," Canadian Literature, no. 45 (1970): 24-32
Ellen D. Warwick, "To Seek a Single Symmetry," Canadian Literature, no 71 (1976): 21-34
Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen (1995)

awards

resources

Noman's Land: text online from coach house books
Gwendolyn MacEwen: bio, picture, online poems and publishing info from the u of t
Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet: telefilm canada documentary
Afterworlds: excerpt from the national library

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