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Kenneth Sherman

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Kenneth Sherman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950 （Toronto, Ontario）
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Toronto, Ontario

Career

Occupations
poet, essayist, lecturer
Active Years
1978-
Affiliations
York University, Sheridan College, University of Toronto
Influenced By
Eli Mandel, Irving Layton
Nominations
RBC Taylor Prize nomination (Wait Time)

Education

York University
Degree: BA
Country: Canada
Studied with Eli Mandel and Irving Layton

Awards

Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Words for Elephant Man

1983 poetry

Long poem about the Elephant Man

humanitydisability

Black River

2007 poetry

Acclaimed long poem

mythologyriver

Wait Time

2016 memoir

Memoir of cancer

illnesswaiting

Bibliography

  • Snake Music (1978)
  • The Cost of Living (1981)
  • Words for Elephant Man (1983)
  • Black Flamingo (1985)
  • The Book of Salt (1987)
  • Jackson's Point (1989)
  • Open to Currents (1992)
  • Clusters: Poems (1997)
  • The Well: New and selected poems (2000)
  • Black River (2007)
  • Words for Elephant Man (revised, 2012)
  • Jogging with the Great Ray Charles (2016)
  • Void and Voice (1998)
  • What the Furies Bring (2009)
  • Wait Time: A memoir of cancer (2016)
  • Relations: An anthology of family poems (edited, 1986)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modern poetic style
Recurring Motifs
European historyexperiences of illness

Health

  • kidney cancer
    2010-
    Inspired the memoir Wait Time

Legacy

Canadian poet and essayist known for ten books of poetry and memoir Wait Time on kidney cancer.

Trivia

  • Co-founded literary journal WAVES at York University