Birney, Earle

Birney, Earle (1904 - 1995)

Index to poems
  1. Anglosaxon Street
  2. Answers to a Grade-School Biology Test
  3. Bestiary
  4. Canada: Case History: 1945
  5. David
  6. El Greco: Espolio
  7. My Love is Young
  8. Never Blush to Dream
  9. Plaza de la Inquisición
  10. The Bear on the Delhi Road
Biography
  • David, and Other Poems. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1942. Governor General's Award.
  • Now is Time. Toronto: Ryerson, 1945. Governor General's Award
  • The Strait of Anian: Selected Poems. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1948.
  • Trial of a city and other verse. Toronto: Ryerson, 1952.
  • Ice Cod Bell or Stone: A Collection of New Poems. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1962.
  • Near False Creek Mouth: New Poems. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1964.
  • Selected Poems, 1940-1966. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966.
  • Memory No Servant: Poems, 1947-1967. Trumansburg, NY: New Books, 1968.
  • Pnomes Jukollages & other stunzas. Toronto: Ganglia Press, 1969.
  • The Poems of Earle Birney. New Canadian Library. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969.
  • Rag and Bone Shop. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1971.
  • What's so Big about Green? Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973.
  • The Bear on the Delhi Road: Selected Poems. London: Chatto & Windus, 1973.
  • The Collected Poems of Earle Birney. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975.
  • The Rugging and the Moving Times: Poems New And Uncollected. Coatsworth, Ont.: Black Moss Press, 1976.
  • Alphabeings & other seasyours. London, Ont.: Pikadilly Press, 1976.
  • Ghost in the Wheels: Selected Poems. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
  • The Damnation of Vancouver. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
  • Fall by Fury & Other Markings. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978.
  • The Mammoth Corridors. Okemos, MI: Stone Press, 1980.
  • The Copernican Fix. Toronto: ECW Press, 1985.
  • Last Makings: Poems. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1991.
  • One Muddy Hand: Selected Poems. Ed. Sam Solecki. Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour, 2006.
Given Name
Earle
Family Name
Birney
Birth Date
May 13, 1904
Death Date
September 3, 1995
Nationality
Canadian
Education



  • B.A. University of British Columbia



Religion
Honours
Occupations
Literary Period
Modern
Literary Movement
Unknown
Illness
Cause of Death
Pneumonia
First RPO Edition
2009