Title

Virgo, Sean; 1996-02-27; part 1

Authors

Sean Virgo

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-27-1996

Collection

Dr. David Lampe Poetry Collection

Department

Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library

Abstract

Biography: Seán Virgo was born in Malta, and grew up in South Africa, Malaya, Ireland and the U.K. He immigrated to Canada in 1966 and became a citizen in 1972. He has lived on Haida Gwaii, Newfoundland, various Gulf Islands, the Bruce Peninsula and for a decade in Southwest Saskatchewan. Virgo has published a number of works of both poetry and fiction, most recently, A Traveller Came By (2000); nonagon fugue ( 2007); and, Begging Questions (2007). He has read his work around the world, and has worked as a writing teacher, actor, and television host.

-Thistledown, Seán Virgo, 2020-09-18

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Recommended Citation

"Virgo, Sean; 1996-02-27; part 1." Dr. David Lampe Poetry Speakers Collection [1979-2002]. Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/bsc-poetry-speakers/42