Christopher Dewdney

Christopher Dewdney (born May 9, 1951) is an avant-garde Canadian poet. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Dewdney is very interested in the sciences and a proper understanding of his work requires substantial knowledge of physics and biology, the vocabulary of which he uses substantially.

He is married to novelist Barbara Gowdy.

Works:

• A Palaeozoic Geology of London, Ontario - 1974
• Fovea Centralis - 1975
• After Sublime - 1980
• Predators of the Adoration - 1983 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• The Immaculate Perception - 1985 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Permugenisis - 1987
• The Radiant Inventory - 1988 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• The Secular Grail - 1993
• Demon Pond - 1994
• Last Flesh: Life in the Transhuman Era - 1998
• Signal Fires - 2000
• The Natural History - 2002