Christopher Levenson (born February 13, 1934, in London, England) 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.^[1] He later received a further degree from the University of Iowa.^[2]

Levenson lived in the Netherlands and Germany, before moving to Ottawa in 1968. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973. He was co-founder, and editor, of Arc Poetry Magazine,^[3] and taught for many years at Carleton University.^[4]

His work appeared in The Antigonish Review,^[5] among other journals, and he is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada.^[6]

Awards

• 1960 Eric Gregory Award
• 1987 Archibald Lampman Award

Works

Poetry

• Cairns. Chatto & Windus; Hogarth Press. 1969. ISBN 978-0-7011-1486-2.
• Stills. (Chatto & Windus, London, 1972).
• Into the Open. Golden Dog Press. 1977. ISBN 978-0-919614-23-9.
• The Journey Back. Sesame Press. 1978. ISBN 978-0-920580-00-4.
• Arriving at Night. Mosaic Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-88962-341-5.
• The Return. Mandeville Press, England. 1986. ISBN 978-0-904533-96-5.
• Half Truths. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1990).
• Duplicities: New and Selected Poems. Mosaic Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-88962-527-3.
• The Bridge. BuschekBooks. 2000. ISBN 978-1-894543-02-6.
• Local Time. Stone Flower Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-9737607-2-9.
• Night Vision. Quattro Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1927443-58-3.

Translations

• Light of the World: An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Dutch Religious and Occasional Poetry. Netherlandic Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-919417-04-5.
• Seeking Love's Solace (Aliquando Press, 1982).

Editor

• Carol Shields (1992). Coming to Canada. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-88629-187-7.
• Christopher Levenson, George Johnston, ed. (1974). Carleton University Student Poetry 1973-74. Carleton University.
• Reconcilable Differences: The Changing Face of Poetry by Canadian Men Since 1970. (Bayeux Arts, 1994)