David Helwig

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David Helwig, CM, a Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, short story writer and translator, was born and spent his early childhood years in Toronto, Ontario. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, where his father ran an antiques business. He received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1960 and two years later, a Masters degree from the University of Liverpool. After graduating, he returned to Canada to teach at Queen's University in Kingston. His first book, a collection of poems called <i>Figures in a Landscape</i>, was published in 1968 with Oberon Press. In 1992 he moved to Montreal, then after four years there, to Belfast, Prince Edward Island. In 2007, he received the Matt Cohen Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada in honour of his lifetime contribution to Canadian literature. He was appointed Prince Edward Island's third Poet Laureate in 2008 and on July 1, 2009 was named a Member of the Order of Canada. Helwig published nearly fifty books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction over the course of his five-decade career. He died on October 16, 2018, at the age of 80 in Montague, Prince Edward Island.

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Clyde
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Simon says
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Smuggling Donkeys
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The sway of otherwise
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Coming Through
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Saltsea
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The Names of Things
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Duet
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The Year One
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The stand-in
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Living here
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Poetry
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Telling Stories
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This human day
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The time of her life
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Close to the fire
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The Hundred Old Names
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Best Canadian Stories, 1997 (Paper)
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A random gospel
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Best Canadian stories 95
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Just say the words
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Back then
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Best Canadian Stories, 1993
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Blueberry Cliffs
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