Joe Rosenblatt

Joseph Rosenblatt
Born(1933-12-26)December 26, 1933
Toronto, Ontario
DiedMarch 11, 2019(2019-03-11) (aged 85)
Occupationwriter, artist
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipCanadian
Educationhigh school dropout
Alma materCentral Technical School
Genrepoetry, fiction, drawing
Notable worksBumblebee Dithyramb,
Top Soil, Poetry Hotel
Notable awardsGovernor General's Award, B.C. Book Prize

Joseph Rosenblatt (December 26, 1933 – March 11, 2019) was a Canadian poet who lived in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. He won Canada's Governor-General's Award and British Columbia's B.C. Book Prize for poetry.[1] He was also an artist, whose "line drawings, paintings, and sketches often illustrate his own and other poets' books of poetry."[2]

  1. ^ "Joe Rosenblatt: Biography Archived 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 19, 2011.
  2. ^ Heather Pyrcz, "The Experimental Poets Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine," A Digital History of Canadian Poetry, YoungPoets.ca, Web, Apr. 22, 2011.