Donald Fleming McKay (born June 25, 1942) is a Canadian poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, he attended the University of Western Ontario and University of Wales. One of his most acclaimed works is Another Gravity which won the 2000 Governor General's Award for poetry and was nominated for the lucrative Griffin Poetry Prize. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the provincial capital of British Columbia. ... Owen Sound (44°34′N 80°56′W1; EST; 2001 population 21,431) is a city located on an inlet of Georgian Bay that is also called Owen Sound. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty... The University of Western Ontario (Western or UWO) is a coeducational, non-denominational, research-intensive university located in London, Ontario. ... The University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a federal university founded in 1893. ... The 2000 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall. ... The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canadas youngest and most lucrative poetry award. ...

McKay is currently the writer in residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Memorial University of Newfoundland, popularly known as MUN, is a comprehensive university located in St. ...

Works

• Lependu (1980)
• Lightning Ball Bait (1980)
• Birding, Or Desire (1983) (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Sanding Down the Rocking Chair on a Windy Night (1987)
• Night Field (1991) (winner of the 1991 Governor General's Award for poetry)
• Apparatus (1997) (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Another Gravity (2000) (shortlisted for the 2001 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
• Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness (2002) (nominated for a Governor General's Award for Nonfiction)
• Camber (2004) (shortlisted for the 2005 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
• Strike/Slip (2006)

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External links

• Griffin Poetry Prize biography, including audio and video clips
• The Poetry of Don McKay, by Stan Dragland (from University of Toronto Quarterly)
• Faulty Lines: The Poetry and Poetics of Don McKay, by Zachariah Wells

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