Don Domanksi. Courtesy Brick Books.
Don Rusu Domanski (born 1950) is a Canadian poet.
Life[]
Domanski was born and raised in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.[1]
He attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from which he earned a degree in English in 1973.[1]
He published a debut collection of poetry, the Cape Breton Book of the Dead, in 1975.[1]
Courtesy Don Domanski's Poetry.
Published and reviewed internationally, his work has been translated into Czechoslovakian, Portuguese, and Spanish.[2]
He has served on the faculty of The Banff Centre's Wired Writing Studio, and has been involved in the mentorship program of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia.[1]
He is also an accomplished visual artist, who has exhibited his artwork in galleries in Halifax and internationally.[1]
He lives in Halifax.
Writing[]
Domanski has said he is inspired by the work of Wallace Stevens and Dylan Thomas, as well as Chinese poets such as Li Po.[1]
Recognition[]
Domanski won the CBC Literary Award for poetry in 1999. His poetry collections Wolf Ladder (1991) and Stations of the Left Hand (1995) were shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry. He won the Governor General's Award in 2007 for All our Wonder Unavenged.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Cape Breton Book of the Dead. Toronto: Anansi, 1975.
- Heaven. Toronto: Anansi, 1978.
- War in an Empty House. Toronto: Anansi, 1982.
- Hammerstroke. Toronto & Buffalo, NY: Anansi, 1986.
- Love Poem on the Sabbbath. Toronto: Flat Singles Press, [1990?].
- Wolf-Ladder. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1991.
- The Sun, the Street, the Floating Man. Toronto: High Ground Press, 1993.
- Stations of the Left Hand. Toronto: Coach House, 1994.
- Parish of the Psychic Moon. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998.
- All Our Wonder Unavenged. London, ON: Brick Books, 2007.
- Earthly Pages: The poetry of Don Domanski (edited by Brian Bartlett). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007.
- 5 Poets 2008 (by Gil Adamson; Roo Borson; Don Domanski; Russell Edson; C.D. Wright). Toronto: Tall Tree Press, 2008.
Non-fiction[]
- Poetry and the Sacred: The Ralph Gustafson lecture, Malaspina University-College, 20 October 2005. Nanaimo, BC: Institute for Coastal Research, 2006.
Bite Down Little Whisper by Don Domanski (read by Nick Thran) (Brick Books)
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Katherine Leyton, Don Domanski, Canadian Encyclopedia. Web, Nov. 5, 2016.
- ↑ "New Books" web page at Brick Books website, accessed April 23, 2007
- ↑ Don Domanski, Winners of the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts, Web, Jan. 8, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Don Domanski, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 8, 2012.
External links[]
- Poems
- Don Domanski's Poetry (5 poems)
- Books
- Don Domanski at Amazon.com
- About
- Don Domanski in the Canadian Encyclopedia
- Dangerous Words: Don Domanski and Metaphor, Northern Poetry Review
- The Spirituality of Poetry: An internet conversation with Don Domanski.
- Signs and Wonders review of All our Wonder Unavenged.
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