Guy Simser

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August 14, 2012
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Videos of Guy Simser

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November 27, 2012
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September 11, 2012
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August 14, 2012
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March 27, 2012
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February 14, 2012
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November 22, 2011
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September 13, 2011
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July 12, 2011
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June 28, 2011
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February 8, 2011
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January 11, 2011
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September 28, 2010
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July 27, 2010

Guy Simser

Guy's work has appeared in numerous journals/anthologies in USA, Canada, Japan, England, Australia, Romania and India.

Guy landed on his feet from a breech birth in 1935. After 10 years in the army, he began a peripatetic career in publishing educational materials, international product marketing and freelance writing for newspapers and magazines; and foreign service of 3 years in Germany (NATO) and 5 years with the Canadian Embassy, Japan.

 

Tagged "imagist/humorist" by lyric poet Marianne Bluger, Guy's work has appeared in numerous journals/anthologies in USA, Canada, Japan, England, Australia, Romania and India. He is a member of Ottawa's Mother Tongue poetry group.

 

Awards: Diane Brebner Poetry Prize, Carleton University Poetry Prize, AHA Books Tanka Sequence Prize (USA), Keji Aso Senryu Prize (USA); Hekinan Haiku Special Prize (Japan); and the IODE Ontario Short Story, CBC Ottawa Radio Documentary, and Alberta Culture Radio Drama Prizes. However, his best prize is his 53 year marriage to Jan (Queen's sweetheart) who survived 25 family moves while raising four children.