Over the years, Jeff Bien has released numerous poetry books including “Prosody at the café du coin”, “America & other poems”, “A Taste of Creation” and his latest collection “In a Time of No Song”, with an introduction A.F. Moritz.
His work has been published, translated and performed in more than forty countries and he has received poetry awards from Literal Latte (New York City), The New Welsh Review (Academi, Wales), and the 2014 Gwendolyn MacEwen/Exile award for a selection of poems.
He has also been the recipient of a Canadian Authors Association and Stephen Leacock award for poetry; recognized by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes for inclusion in the Arvon Anthology (Great Britain); nominated for a National Magazine Award (Descant); shortlisted on several occasions for the CBC Literary Award, as well as being shortlisted by Britain's poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, for the 2010 Arvon Award; a 2011 Arc Poem of the Year editor’s choice award; the Live Canon Poetry Award, selected by Glyn Maxwell, (Great Britain), and performed theatrically in Greenwich Theatre, London. Several pieces were selected for the 2013 Winston Collins/Descant Best Canadian Poem, selected by Mark Kingwell and Leanne Shapton; and on numerous occasions the CBC Literary Award, and various other national and international literary honours.
He has received Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council Awards for recordings of his work as well as having been supported on numerous occasions by Foreign Affairs for readings in conjunction with the Canadian High Commission in London, and the Canadian Embassies in Paris and Havana.
Bien has been acclaimed as “…astonishing lyricist” by George Elliott Clarke, “another Walt Whitman has taken root in Canada” by George Whitman of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, “a ruthless, truth-telling poet” by Poetry Australia, and “a master poet, eloquent and erudite” by the CBC, in addition to having been recognized by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney in selecting his work for the Arvon Anthology of Great Britain.
And of his work, it has be written “his poetry crackles with prophetic energy” in Canadian Literature, “The kind of poem that should not have been able to be written” by Gary Geddes, “a display of verbal pyrotechnics such as I’ve never seen before” by Irving Layton and “This is like watching lightning, strike after strike of lightning” by Barry Callaghan.
His work has engaged many forms, ranging from a prosaic often colloquial voice in his earlier work to a more formal and lyrical poetic, and in his recent work the two melding into a singular and distinctive voice.
Though Bien has led a largely reclusive life, on the occasions when he has done readings, he has drawn enthusiastic audiences. He is well known for his compelling, charismatic voice, as well as the virtuosity of language and visionary appeal of his work. His forthcoming works of poetry include “The Poet Sings” a collection of prose poetry and “A Koan of Love” a collection of spiritual aphorism and poems.
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