Self-exiled Stephen Gill is a multiple award
winning Indo/Canadian poet, fiction-writer, literary critic and essayist. He
has authored more than thirty books, including novels,
literary criticism, and collections of poems. In addition to these books, he
has written and published book reviews and research papers on writers and
peace. His writings have appeared in
around 700 print media. Some of his Urdu/Hindi poems have been performed by
prominent singers of India and Pakistan in three volumes. He is the subject of
doctoral dissertations, and research papers. He has spoken as keynote or a
special guest of honor at international literary
conferences of universities. Some of these talks are available on YouTube. Thirteen books of critical studies have been
released by book publishers on his works and more are on the way. The focus of his writing is love and peace, based on his ideology of live and let live.
COLLECTIONS OF POEMS AND …
--Shrine (poems about peace
& social concerns)
--Songs Before Shrine (poems related to peace)
--Flashes: Introduction
to my trilliums in haiku spirit
--Amputee (epical poem about
an abused child to illustrate the culture of peace)
--My Sufi Sonnets
(introduction): The Singer of Life
=Jazira (island in Urdu & Hindi)
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Poets of the Capital (Ottawa poets, co-edited anthology)
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Seaway Valley Poets (co.ed. anthology)
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Green Snow: Anthology of Canadian Poets of Asian Origin, ed.)
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Anti-War Poems: Vol. 1 (ed. Anthology)
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Anti-War Poems: Vol. 2nd (ed. Anthology)
-Zakhmi Perchawen
(poems in Panjabi). Translator: Dr. Mohinder Kaur Gill. Hc., Suchinton Prakashan,
New Delhi, India, 1980
-Awasi (Panjabi translation of his novel Immigrant).
Translator: Balbir Momi. Pb., Pal
Pocket Books, Amritsar, India, 1986.
-Reflexions
Et Blessures (poems in
French). Translator: Fr. Roland Hamel, Vesta, 1979.
- Altarul. (Shrine) Romanian language. Trasnlator: Professor Dr. Olimpia
Iacob
-Flacara (The Flame) Romanian language . Trasnlator:
Professor Dr. Olimpia
Iacob
--Several
poems have been translated into German, Spanish, Italian, and other languages.
--Books on the books
by Stephen Gill
--Literary engagements in and around
Cornwall
--Notable
opinions of professors & media: (a selection)
--My
Conversations (Stephen Gill’s regular feature on writing)
--What it means
to be self-exiled Indo/Canadian poet
--Some forthcoming poetry
books
--Selected Desi poems of Stephen Gill performed by singers
--What Stephen
Gill says about love (quotes from his writings)