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Blaine Marchand | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable awards | Archibald Lampman Award (1992) |
Blaine Marchand (born 1949 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer.[1] Marchand has published poetry, non-fiction and a novel.
A longtime program manager with the Canadian International Development Agency, some of his writing has been inspired by his international travels with the organization.[2] In 2012 he was guest editor of an issue of the Canadian poetry magazine Vallum dedicated to poets from Pakistan.[2]
From 1992 to 1994 he was president of the League of Canadian Poets.[1] He was also a co-founder of the Ottawa Independent Writers, the Ottawa Valley Book Festival and the Canadian Review, and a regular columnist for Ottawa's LGBT newspaper Capital Xtra!.
Openly gay,[1] he lives in Ottawa.[1]
- ^ a b c d "An interview with poet Blaine Marchand" Archived 2013-06-03 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra!, June 4, 2013.
- ^ a b "Reading Pakistan". Vallum 9:1, Winter 2012.