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Leckie, Ross, 1953-
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Dates of existence
1953-
History
Ross C. Leckie was born in 1953 in Lachine, Quebec.
He is a Canadian poet, editor, and educator. He graduated from McGill, Concordia and the University of Toronto (Ph.D.). He also completed coursework at Harvard University and post-doctoral work at Princeton University. He has been teaching literature and creative writing at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton since 1997. Leckie is the editor of the famous Canadian literary journal The Fiddlehead and poetry editor for the poetry book series published by Goose Lane Editions. Both his poetry and critical essays have appeared in leading Canadian and American periodicals. In 2008, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. He is the author of several collections of poems, e.g., “A Slow Light” (1983), "The Authority of Roses" (1997), and "Gravity's Plumb Line" (2005).