George Swede Explained

George Swede (Latvian: Juris Švēde), (born as Juris Puriņš, November 20, 1940 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian Canadian psychologist, poet and children's writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a major figure in English-language haiku, known for his wry, poignant observations [1] [2] [3]

Life

In 1947, Swede arrived with his mother and stepfather from post-WW II Europe to live with his maternal grandparents on a fruit farm in Oyama, British Columbia and, when his stepfather died in 1950, Swede moved with his mother to Vancouver where he finished junior high and high school.[4] Then he studied at the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a B.A. in Psychology in 1964. After that, he worked briefly as a psychologist at B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster. In 1965, he got an M.A. at Dalhousie University with a published thesis [5] From 1966 to 1967, Swede was a psychology instructor at Vancouver City College, after which he worked as a school psychologist at the Scarborough Board of Education in Toronto until 1968.

He resumed his academic career at Ryerson University, where he stayed as member of the psychology department from 1968 to 2006 (as chair from 1998 to 2003). From 1970 to 1975 he served as Director for Developmental Psychology at Ryerson Open College, a virtual university which broadcast lectures by radio (on CJRT-FM) and TV (CBC and CTV) from 1970 to 1975; and from 1993 to 2000 he was engaged in Ryerson University Now (RUN),[6] an initiative to get bright but disadvantaged students interested in going to university. This was achieved by enrolling Vaughan Road Academy students[7] in a university level introductory psychology course that Swede taught. Most graduated and many received scholarships to attend university.

Swede was named the Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives for the 2008-09 term in recognition of his contributions to haiku [8] at the California State Library in Sacramento, California.

The George Swede Papers, thus far from 1968 to 2012, are at the Fisher Library, University of Toronto. See also his papers at the Archives & Special Collections, Toronto Metropolitan University [9]

SWEDE BEGAN WRITING FREE VERSE in the late 1960s and published in such journals as

[11]

SWEDE'S INTEREST IN THE HAIKU Japanese poetry began in 1976 when he was asked to review Makoto Ueda's Modern Japanese Haiku (University of Toronto Press, 1976).[20]

Swede then began publishing in such journals as

In 1977, along with Betty Drevniok and Eric Amann, Swede co-founded Haiku Canada.[30]

At its 30th anniversary held in Ottawa in May 2007, Haiku Canada awarded Swede an Honorary Life Membership.
In an interview with Alok Mishra, Editor-in-Chief, Ashvamegh, Swede spoke about the poets who have influenced him—Dylan Thomas, Leonard Cohen, Ezra Pound and others.[31]

SWEDE COMBINED HIS INTERESTS IN POETRY AND PSYCHOLOGY when he published an article revealing the influences, starting in childhood, that motivate someone to become a poet:[32]

REVIEWS OF SWEDE'S WORK have appeared in numerous literary magazines as well as publications that emphasize literary criticism:

IN-DEPTH ANALYSES of Swede's work have appeared in the following periodicals:

In Conversation With . . .[42]

Close To Silence[44]

SWEDE'S MAJOR EDITORIAL POSITION was from 2008 to 2012 as editor of Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America.[54]

Awards

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. van den Heuvel, C. (ed.). The Haiku Antholgy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986, 234-241.
  2. van den Heuvel, C. (ed.). The Haiku Anthology. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999, 208-217
  3. Kacian, J., Rowland, P. & Burns, A. (eds.). Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013, 76-78.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20071201203115/http://www.themercurypress.ca/?q=books%2Fimagination_action, Swede, G. Tracks in the Sand: Why Do We Write? pp. 56-61
  5. Swede, G. & McNulty, J. "The influence of contextual cues upon the learning and retention of paired associates." Canadian Journal of Psychology, 1967, 21 (5), 394-408.
  6. Web site: Outreach initiatives build bridges and make university education accessible . 2009-10-01 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152001/http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/2008Archive/20080606_Rona_Outrea.html . June 7, 2011 .
  7. Web site: Good News At Vaughan Road Academy.
  8. Web site: American Haiku Archives Honorary Curator George Swede. www.americanhaikuarchives.org.
  9. Web site: TMU Archives & Special Collections .
  10. http://www.antigonishreview.com/, 1978, No.33
  11. 1974, No. 644; 1976, No. 665
  12. 1976, 4:3
  13. http://www.tnq.ca/, 1984, 4:2
  14. http://publish.uwo.ca/~fdavey/history.htm, 1999, 10:6
  15. 1984, 9:1
  16. 1970, Vol. 19:2; 1971, Vol. 20:2; 1974, Vol.23:3; 1985, 34:1
  17. http://web4.uwindsor.ca/rampike, 1986, Vol. 4:2&3, 5:1; 1988, Vol. 6:2; 1998, 10:1; 1999, Vol. 10:2
  18. 1971, No. 58
  19. https://secure.indas.on.ca/care/tlm/subscribe.php3?key=C08CGS, June, 1981
  20. Swede, G. Tracks in the Sand: Why Do We Write? In Carol Malyon (ed.). Imagination in Action. Toronto: Mercury Press, 2007, p.59
  21. http://home.earthlink.net/~missias/Acorn.html, 2004, No. 12 to present
  22. http://www.americantanka.com/, 1996, No. 1 to present
  23. 1977, 1:1 to 1981, 5:1
  24. http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/index.html, 1982, 5:1 to the present
  25. 1982, issue 9, 16 issues through to issue 56, 1998
  26. 1982, 1:1 to 1991, 5:1
  27. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/haiku/archive/news/2009/08/20090721p2g00m0fe036000c.html, March 1, 1982 to present
  28. http://www.modernhaiku.org/, 1977, 8:3 to the present
  29. http://www.simplyhaiku.com/, 2003, No. 3 to 2008, No. 1
  30. Web site: About Haiku Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20080706081041/http://www.haikucanada.org/id2.html. dead. July 6, 2008.
  31. Web site: George Swede Canadian Poet Interview Ashvamegh. Ashvamegh. May 2016.
  32. Swede, G. "Poetic Innovation" in L. V. Shavinina (ed.), The International Handbook on Innovation. Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 2003, 471-484. The International Handbook on Innovation
  33. http://www.canlit.ca/search.php?cmd=search&words=%5Cgeorge+swede&mode=fulltext&formsearch=Search, 1985, No. 104; 1986, No. 111; 2001, No. 168; 2004, No. 183
  34. http://www.booksincanada.com/, January, 1979 (by Pier Giorgio Di Cicco); 1984, 13:10, 1989, 18:3
  35. http://ccl.uwinnipeg.ca/, 1986, No. 41; 1990, No. 59 (by Bert Almon); 1992, No. 67; 2003, Nos. 109-110
  36. 1975, 1:2
  37. 1981, No. 69
  38. 1982, 12:1
  39. http://www.jazz.fm/, Part 1, January 5, 1984 (two hours); Part 2, January 12, 1984 (two hours)
  40. December, 1985
  41. 1992, 67:3
  42. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090917075152/http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?schedule . 2009-09-17 ., September 21, 1992 (45 minutes)
  43. 1999, 9:2
  44. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/, (with Stephen Gill) August 25, 2000
  45. Web site: Amanda Hill on George Swede . 2009-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055031/http://old.millikin.edu/haiku//writerprofiles/HillOnSwede.html . 2011-07-16 ., Spring, 2001
  46. Web site: Author bio - George Swede . 2010-03-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135428/http://www.haijinx.org/authors/g.swede.html . 2011-07-26 ., March, 2001
  47. http://www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv1n3/swede.html, 2003, 1:3
  48. http://simplyhaiku.com/SHv2n1/tanka/swede.html, 2004, 2:1
  49. http://www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n4/senryu/senryuFeature.html, 2006, 4:4
  50. Web site: George Swede: Haiku Master & Secular Contemplative . 23 September 2022 .
  51. Web site: The Timeless World . Issuu . 2023-02-14.
  52. Parabola (magazine)| 2023, Vol. 48, No. 2, Summer, pp. 74-76
  53. "Evergreen Review (magazine)/" 2024, S/S 2024, U.S.A., 14 pars. Web site: The Death Haiku of George Swede .
  54. Web site: About Frogpond. www.hsa-haiku.org.
  55. Web site: Brooks Books Mini-chapbooks. www.brooksbookshaiku.com.
  56. Web site: Frogpond Museum of Haiku Literature Award. www.hsa-haiku.org.
  57. Book: International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Europa Publications. 2004. 9786610291168. 13th. London. 1520–1521.
  58. Web site: HSA Harold G. Henderson Memorial Award Collection . 2012-06-19 . 2012-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120604092809/http://www.hsa-haiku.org/hendersonawards/henderson.htm . dead .
  59. Web site: First Light, First Shadows. www.snapshotpress.co.uk.
  60. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415045659/http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/pages101/scorpion_19.pdf . 2012-04-15 .
  61. Web site: 第15回外国語部門入賞作品|受賞バックナンバー|「草枕」国際俳句大会(第15回). kusamakura-haiku.jp.
  62. Web site: Touchstone Awards for 2010. 4 April 2012 .
  63. Web site: Previous winning haiku.| International "Kusamakura" haiku competition website. kusamakura-haiku.jp.
  64. Web site: Archive of Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America.
  65. Web site: R'r 12.2.
  66. http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-archive-2014
  67. Web site: Archive of Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America.
  68. Web site: 2017 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards. www.hsa-haiku.org.
  69. Web site: EBooks from Snapshot Press.
  70. Web site: Welcome to Haiku Canada .
  71. Web site: Inicio. EUFEME.
  72. Web site: Bonesjournal - essays.
  73. Web site: 1622. filedn.com.