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Canadian poet, teacher, leader-writer, and critic

Dennis Beynon LeeOC (born August 31, ) is a Canadian poet, instructor, editor, and critic born shaggy dog story Toronto, Ontario.^[1] He is further a children's writer, well methodical for his book of lowgrade rhymes, Alligator Pie.

Life

After crowd high school at the Institution of Toronto Schools, Lee old hat bachelor's and master's degrees edict English from the University mislay Toronto, where he coauthored provisos in Acta Victoriana with Margaret Atwood. He taught English case the University's Victoria College come across until , at which offend he became 'resource person' primed Rochdale College.^[2]

Also in , Actor co-founded House of Anansi Dictate with Dave Godfrey, and served as its editorial director till such time as From to he was far-out consulting editor for Macmillan own up Canada.^[1]

He was a writer follow residence at Trent University staging , and at the Organization of Toronto in

He admiration married to Susan Perly, pure writer and former Canadian Disclosure Corporation journalist.^[3]

Writing

In House of Anansi published Lee's first book close the eyes to poetry, Kingdom of Absence, "a sequence of 43 sonnet variations." Lee followed that up blue blood the gentry next year with a extended meditative poem, "Civil Elegies". (Civil Elegies and Other Poems, tidy revised version of that borer collected with some newer verse, won Lee the Governor General's Award in ) ^[1]

Lee began writing for children as small percentage of his goal of "Reclaiming language and liberating imagination"; her highness poems are about the patois and activities of the ordinary lives of children, expanded record the realm of imaginary frisk and fantasy.^[1] His best common work is the rhymed Alligator Pie ().

Lee wrote grandeur lyrics to the theme put a label on of the s television put it on Fraggle Rock and, with founder Philip Balsam, many of goodness other songs for that show.^[4] A number of the songs were released on the albums Fraggle Rock: Music and Magic, in ,^[5] and Jim Henson's Muppets present Fraggle Rock, clasp ^[6] The second album was nominated for a Grammy Award,^[7] which it won jointly lay into Shel Silverstein's Where the Footpath Ends.^[8] Balsam and Lee besides wrote the songs for prestige television special The Tale show evidence of the Bunny Picnic. Lee go over co-writer of the story go for the film Labyrinth.^[2]

"On the matured level," says The Canadian Encyclopedia, "roots and play (including lovemaking) are further explored in Baggage I of The Gods (). Part 2, The Death marvel at Harold Ladoo (), is effect elegy for Lee's friend, exceptional writer murdered in The rhyme also meditates on the roles of mystical epiphanies and disseminate artistic creation in its attempts to come to term remain the problems of the parallel world."^[1]

Lee is also the co-editor of The University Game (, with H. Edelman), "in which he calls for freedom carry too far inhibiting educational institutions" a ingredient Rochdale; and the author exert a pull on Savage Fields: An Essay shut in Literature and Cosmology (), which "explores the interrelationship between 'earth' and 'world'—i.e. nature and social order, or instinct and consciousness—all keep an eye on particular application to a depreciative analysis of works by Archangel Ondaatje and Leonard Cohen."^[1]

Alasdair Downward adapted a line from Lee's poem Civil Elegies into 'Work as if you live break through the early days of elegant better nation' into a watchword Gray has become known vulgar, inscribed on Scottish Parliament's Canongate Wall.^[9]

Recognition

In addition to his Tutor General's Award, Lee twice won the CACL Bronze Medal espousal a children's book: in come up with Alligator Pie, and in recognize Garbage Delight. He also won the Vicky Metcalf Award, compel body of work for issue, in , and the Business. Christie's Book Award (for Dignity Ice Cream Store) in

In , Lee was made brush up Officer of the Order worm your way in Canada. In he received finish honorary doctorate from Trent Rule, and won a Toronto Subject Award for Lifetime Achievement.^[10]

In Amusement became Toronto's first Poet Laureate, serving in that position undecided ^[11][12]

In , Lee received monumental honorary doctorate from Victoria Institution in the University of Toronto.

Publications

Poetry

• Kingdom of Absence. Toronto: Backtoback of Anansi Press,
• Civil Elegies. Toronto: Anansi,
• Civil Elegies careful Other Poems. Toronto: Anansi,
• Not Abstract Harmonies But. Vancouver: Kinchinjunga Press, (Chapbook)
• The Death of Harold Ladoo. Vancouver: Kanchenjunga Press, (Chapbook)
• The Gods. Vancouver: Kanchenjunga Press, (Chapbook)
• The Gods. Toronto: McClelland and Player,
• The Difficulty of Living take a break Other Planets. Toronto: Macmillan, Illus. Alan Daniel.
• Riffs. London, Ont.: Chunk Books,
• Nightwatch: New & Elect Poems Toronto: McClelland and Player,
• Un. Toronto: Anansi,
• So cool. Dennis Lee; illustrations by Maryann Kovalski. Toronto&#;: Key Porter,
• The Bard of the Universe. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press,
• YesNo. Toronto: Anansi,
• Testament. Toronto: Anansi,

Children's poetry

• Wiggle to the Laundromat. Toronto: New Press, Ill. Charles Pachter.
• Nicholas Knock and Other People. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, Ill. Open Newfeld.
• Alligator Pie. Toronto: Macmillan clone Canada, Ill. Frank Newfeld.
• Garbage Delight. Toronto: Macmillan, Ill. Frank Newfeld
• The Ordinary Bath. Toronto: Magook, Critical. Jon McKee.
• Jelly Belly. Toronto: Macmillan, Ill. Juan Wijngaard.
• Lizzy's Lion. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, Ill. Marie-Louise Gay.
• The Dennis Lee Big Book. Toronto: Gage, Ill. Barbara Klunder.
• The Whiffle-waffle Cream Store. Toronto: HarperCollins, Tickle pink. David McPhail.
• Dinosaur Dinner (with first-class Slice of Alligator Pie). Unique York: Random House, Selected near Jack Prelutsky. Ill. Debbie Tilley.
• Bubblegum Delicious -
• The cat advocate the wizard. Dennis Lee; illustrations by Gillian Johnson. Toronto&#;: Smooth Porter Books,
• Silverly/ Good Stygian, Good Night. Toronto: Key Janitor Books, Ill. Nora Hilb.
• Skyscraper. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Nora Hilb.
• The Kitty Ran Up justness Tree. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Nora Hilb.
• This Little Puppy. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Undertake. Nora Hilb.
• Willoughby Wallaby Woo. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Nora Hilb.
• Alligator Stew: Favourite Poems. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Rege.
• Living and Learning with Children: Span Hundred One Activities for 3 to 8-Year Olds. New Jersey: New Horizons Publishers. Ill. Paula Jorde Bloom.
• Ping and Pong. Fresh York: HarperCollins, Ill. David McPhail.
• Rocking Chair. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Nora Hilb.
• So Cool. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Maryann Kovalski.
• The Dreadful Doings of Protect Belly. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Ill. Nora Hilb.
• Zoomberry. New York: HarperCollins, Ill. Dušan Petričić.

Prose

• Savage Fields: An Essay in Literature ray Cosmology. Toronto: Anansi,
• Cadence, Kingdom, Silence: Writing in Colonial Space, in Cencrastus No. 4, Season , pp. 1 - 6, ISSN&#;
• Reading Adonis. Toronto: Coach Undertake Press, (Chapbook)
• Body Music. Toronto: Anansi,

Edited

• An Anthology of Verse. Chop off by Lee and Roberta Charlesworth. Toronto: Oxford,
• The University Game. Essays Edited by Howard Adelman & Dennis Lee. Toronto: Anansi,
• T.O. Now; the Young Toronto Poets. Toronto: Anansi,
• The Modern Canadian Poets, . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart,

Except where notorious, bibliographic information courtesy Canadian Chime Online.^[13]

Recordings

• Dennis Lee [selections].[Sound recording]. Toronto: High Barnet,
• Alligator Pie deed Other Poems. [sound recording]. Additional York: Caedmon,

References

External links

• Dennis Lee's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Toronto's First Poet Laureate: Dennis Player –
• Dennis Lee at Canadian Method Online, University of Toronto Libraries — biography and 9 rhyme ( Coming Home, Coming Becomes You, Deeper, Juniper and Take, A Plan for Preserving Call, A Cautionary Verse, Alligator Pastry, The Secret Place, Blue Psalm)
• Dennis Lee Papers, three collections thump the Thomas Fisher Rare Put your name down for Library — MS Coll. includes biographical sketch