Raymond Filip (born 1950) is a Lithuanian-Canadian poet and writer who was born in a displaced persons camp in Lübeck, Germany after World War II.[1] He teaches in the English department at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.[2]
He is the author of six collections of poetry and one collection of prose. His work has been included in major anthologies: The Penguin Treasury of Canadian Popular Songs and Poems edited by John Robert Colombo (Penguin 2002); The New Canadian Poets 1970-1985 edited by Dennis Lee (McClelland & Stewart 1985); and Canadian Poets of the 80s edited by Ken Norris (House of Anansi 1983). His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Lithuanian.[1]
His poetry centres on themes of domestic abuse, war trauma, and immigration.[3] He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985–1987.[4]