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McLennan, Rob, 1950-
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Dates of existence
1950-
History
Rob McLennan was born on March 15, 1970, in Ottawa, Ontario.
He is a Canadian writer, poet, critic, editor, and publisher. He is the author of more than thirty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, published in Canada, the United States, Europe, India, Japan, and Australia.. He won the John Newlove Poetry Award in 2010, the Council for the Arts in Ottawa Mid-Career Award in 2014, and was longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012 and 2017. In 2016, he was inducted into the VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour. His most recent poetry titles include “A halt, which is empty” (2019), “Life sentence” (2019), and “the book of smaller” (2022). As a publisher, McLennan runs above/ground press, periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, and Touch the Donkey. He is the editor of my (small press) writing day and an editor/managing editor of many gendered mothers. He spent the 2007-2008 academic year in Edmonton as a writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta. McLennan regularly posts reviews, essays, interviews and other notices at robmclennan.blogspot.com.
He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with poet and book conservator Christine McNair and their two daughters.