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1945-2006 (Creation)
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3.64 m of textual records 2 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
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Donald Langdon Coles, (1928-) poet, author and educator, was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1928 and received a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Toronto in 1949 and 1953, respectively. He also received an M.A. from Cambridge University in 1955, following which he lived in continental Europe for a period of ten years. From 1965 to 1996, Coles was a professor of humanities and creative writing at York University in Toronto, Canada. He was the Poetry Editor of "The May Studio" for the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts from 1984 to 1993 and is the author of over eight books of poetry of his own. His collection "Forests of the medieval world" (1993) was awarded the Governor-General's Award for Poetry. He received the Trillium Book Award for his collection "Kurgan". His poem "Driving in the car with her" was included in the Arvon International Poetry Competition Anthology. He is also the author of the novel "Doctor Bloom's story." "How we all swiftly," an anthology of his first six books of poetry, was published in 2006.
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Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence including correspondence with fellow writers such as John Metcalf, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Robyn Sarah, Adele Wiseman and Ralph Gustafson among others, academic and teaching files that document his career as a student at the University of Toronto and Cambridge and professorial files for courses taught at York University. It also includes editorial files that document his work with fellow poets at The Banff Centre for the Fine Arts and writing files including notes, drafts and manuscripts related to his own publications. Fonds is comprised of the following series: S00209 : Correspondence files S00210 : Writing files S00211 : Academic and teaching files S00212 : Editorial files
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Donated by Don Coles in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007.
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Access granted only with the written permission of Don Coles until his death, at which time access is unrestricted.
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Researchers seeking access must make written application to Don Coles through the University Archivist, outlining their research project and their purpose in consulting the Don Coles fonds.
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archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000125.htm
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The fonds comprises the following accessions: 1996-017, 1997-003, 1999-017, 2000-054, 2001-035, 2002-044, 2004-001, 2005-033, 2007-006. Further accruals are expected.