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Stephen Gill
  photo: GKB-Video, 2008
 

Stephen Gill, Poet Laureate of Ansted University, has authored more than twenty books, including collections of poems, fiction and literary criticism. Once in a while, he writes poetry in Urdu, Hindi, and Panjabi. Some of these poems have been composed and performed by prominent singers in three albums, titled Aman (peace), Aman Ki Rah (way to peace), and Kholo Kholo (open open). His works have appeared in more than five hundred publications. Stephen Gill strongly believes in a democratically elected world government and peace through peaceful means. He works as a freelance English/Urdu interpreter and examines doctoral dissertations for universities of India to feed his passion and commitment to write for global peace. He was born in Panjab. CRITICAL STUDIES: Discovering Stephen Gill Ed. Dr. Agarwal (AuthorsPress, India); Stephen Gill & His Works by Dr. George Hines (AuthorsPress, India); Poetic Corpus of Stephen Gill by Dr. Sudhir Arora (Sarup & Sons, India); The FlameUnmasked (research papers on his epic The Flame) edited by Dr. Sudhir Arora (Prakash Books, India).



 
PUBLICATIONS:
The Flame (The longest poem in English of sixty-two cantos about terrorism) . , 2008
Flashes (trilliums in haiku spirit). , 
Immigrant. (novel), 
Songs Before Shrine . (poems on peace), 
Shrine. (poems of social concerns), 
 
AWARDS:
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal (Canada)
Sahir Award of Honor (India)
Pegasus International Poetry for Peace (Poetry in Arts, Inc., TX).
Four honorary doctorates (USA, China, UK)
 
GENRE: Poetry, Non-Fiction
AUDIENCE SIZE: flexible
GRADES: 7 - 12
LENGTH: 60 min.
CITY: Cornwall, ON
PHONE: 613-932-7735
EMAIL: stephengillgazette@gmail.com
WEB: www.stephengill.ca
BLOG: www.stephengillcriticism.info
PODCAST: www.stephengillcriticism.ca
 
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