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Filip, Raymond, 1950-
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Dates of existence
1950-
History
Raymond Filip (born Filipavicius) was born in 1950 in a displaced person camp in Lübeck, Germany, after World War II.
He is a Lithuanian-Canadian poet, writer, musician, and educator. He is the author of six collections of poetry and one collection of prose. His poetry centres on themes of domestic abuse, war trauma, and immigration. His work has been included in major anthologies: “Canadian Poets of the 80s” edited by Ken Norris (1983), “The New Canadian Poets 1970-1985” edited by Dennis Lee (1985), and “The Penguin Treasury of Canadian Popular Songs and Poems” edited by John Robert Colombo (2002). His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Lithuanian. In 2012, Filip released a DVD entitled "Rivers Applaud Forever," containing footage of his spoken word/broken music performances. He teaches in the English department at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.