Christopher Levenson


Christopher Levenson is a Canadian poet.

Life

Levenson was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Boys and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English under F.R.Leavis. He later received a further degree from the University of Iowa.
Levenson lived in the Netherlands and Germany, before moving in 1968 to Ottawa, Canada, where he taught English at Carleton University from 1968 to 1999. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973. He was co-founder, and first editor of Arc Poetry Magazine., and taught for many years at Carleton University.
His work appeared in The Antigonish Review, among other journals, and he is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada.

Awards

Poetry

  • Stills..
  • Half Truths..

    Translations

  • Seeking Love's Solace.

    Editor

  • ''Reconcilable Differences: The Changing Face of Poetry by Canadian Men Since 1970.''