Bogdan Czaykowski was a Polish Canadian poet, essayist, literary translator and literary critic, professor emeritus and former Dean at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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. He wrote numerous articles in academic journals and literary magazines, and was the subject of literary research papers. Czaykowski received the Killam Prize in 1996, including Polish literary awards: Fundacja Turzańskich (1992), Fundacja Kościelskich (1964) and others.

His poetic debut was in the monthly Kultura paryska ("Kultura" Literary Institute, Paris, 1955). Czaykowski published also many essays on other writers and literary subjects.

Published books of poetry

• Trzciny czcionek (London, 1957); • Sura (London, 1961); • Spór z granicami (Paris, 1964); • Point-no-Point (Paris, 1971); • Wiatr z innej strony ( Kraków

Kraków

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, 1990); • Okanagańskie sady ( Wrocław, 1998, ISBN 83-7023-633-2); • Jakieś ogromne szczęście (Cracow, 2007, ISBN 978-83-240-0826-1).

In anthologies:
• Ryby na piasku (London, 1965); • Postwar Polish Poetry (New York, 1965); • Een Gevecht om Lucht (Maasbree, 1979); • The Burning Forest (Bloodaxe

Bloodaxe Books

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, 1988); • Panorama der Polnishen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts (Zurich

Zürich

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, 1996); Scanning the Century: the Penguin Book of the Twentieth Century in Poetry (London, 1999).

He was a frequent contributor to many literary journals and magazines, including Kultura (Paris), Kontynenty (London), Fraza (Rzeszów), Strumień (Vancouver

Vancouver

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), Twórczość

Twórczość

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(Warsaw

Warsaw

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) and others.

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