David Solway
David Solway (born 8 December 1941) is a Canadian poet, essayist, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
Solway received a BA in English and Philosophy from McGill University in 1962, and a QMA in Philosophy in 1966.[4] He has later received a MA in creative writing/English from Concordia University in 1988, a MA in education from Université de Sherbrooke in 1996, and a Ph.D summa cum laude from Lajos Kossuth University in 1998.[5] He was formerly a teacher at Dawson College and John Abbott College in Montreal, and at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah,[4] and has been a guest lecturer at several international universities.[5] He has "won numerous awards and prizes for his work in both poetry and non-fiction,"[4] including QSPELL Awards, Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal and A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry.[5]
Solway is known for his work both as a poet, essayist and as a teacher, as well as for his polemical outspokenness, especially in opposition to Islam and in defense of Zionism.[6] He has contributed political commentary to the conservative websites WorldNetDaily and PJ Media, and has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement.[7]
For inspiration, he invented a Greek poet named Andreas Karavis as a heteronym, whose work he published in apparent translation.[5]
Bibliography[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- The Road to Arginos (1976)
- Twelve Sonnets (1978)
- Mephistopheles and the Astronaut (1979)
- Stones in Water (1983)
- Modern Marriage (1987)
- Bedrock (1993)
- Chess Pieces (1999)
- Saracen Island: The Poetry of Andreas Karavis (as Andreas Karavis; 2000)
- The Lover's Progress: Poems after William Hogarth (2001)
- Franklin's Passage (2003)
- The Pallikari Of Nesmine Rifat (as Nesmine Rifat; 2005)
- Reaching for Clear: The Poetry of Rhys Savarin (2007)
- Windsurfing (2008)
Essays and criticism[edit]
- Education Lost (1989)
- Random Walks
- Lying about the Wolf: Essays in Culture & Education (1997)
- The Turtle Hypodermic of Sickenpods: Liberal Studies in the Corporate Age (2000)
- An Andreas Karavis Companion (2000)
- Director's Cut (2003)
- The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism, and Identity (2007)
- Hear, O Israel! (2009)
- Notes from a Derelict Culture (2019)
- Crossing the Jordan: On Judaism, Islam, and the West (2024)
References[edit]
- ^ "David Solway". Canadian Literature (journal). ISSN 0008-4360. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Laurico, MaryAnne (1 September 2010). "Behind the Façades of an Aesopian Duck: The Quest for Authenticity in the Literary Forgeries of David Solway". Studies in Canadian Literature. 35 (1). ISSN 1718-7850.
- ^ Neilson, Shane (Spring 2003). "TDR Interview: David Solway". The Danforth Review.
- ^ a b c "David Solway: Biography". Canadian Poetry Online. University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Solway, David 1941–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Teller, Neville (3 March 2024). "'Crossing the Jordan': Deeply considered essays on Judaism, Islam, the West - review". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "The Islamists' allies in the West". The Times of Israel. 23 November 2015.
Sources[edit]
- New, W. H., ed. The Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. p. 1058.
- Carmine Starnino, ed. David Solway, Essays on His Works (2001)
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- Canadian critics of Islam
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- Canadian male poets
- Canadian literary critics
- Canadian political writers
- Canadian Zionists
- Counter-jihad activists
- Jewish Canadian journalists
- WorldNetDaily people