Stephen Gill

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Cornwall, Ont  K6H 5R9   Canada

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Members of the Writers Union of Canada
General information about the writer, main philosophy of his works and main awards.

StephenGill
background, sample poems, prose, autobiographical information, list of books, monographs, excerpts of books reviews, detailed information about SHRINE (poems of social concerns), and his novel IMMIGRANT.

Stephen Gill: Indo-Canadian Writer
List of his books and biographical information

Poetry in the Arts
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 "We only enrich our culture by borrowing from all cultures," the poet has said. "This makes any society more rational, more friendly, more peaceful, aiding in the eternal promotion of humanhood." Thus, the poet tells us through his work that we are beyond brotherhood and sisterhood as we achieve the forgotten meaning of "neighbourhood," not isolated and separate but one large melting pot where we all appreciate our uniqueness while affirming our similarities.
"This is not simple thinking, certainly not simple writing. Perhaps when we all cease to identify ourselves as any one more than "humans," we will have reached that plateau known as Peace. Stephen Gill does this in his myriad books and in every individual poem." (Rochelle L. Holt, Ph.D. in THE PILOT)

Stephen Gill writes against war, bloodshed and about social concerns. These samples of his poems give some idea of the area of his interest.

 

STEPHEN GILL IN SPANISH complete translation of his bio and work by María Cristina Azcona 

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Biography

 

Stephen Gill was born in Panjab, a region of India/Pakistan.

His main works are in English, which he adapts occasionally into Urdu, Hindi, and Panjabi. His poetry and prose have appeared in over two-hundred publications. He has given more than one-hundred talks and readings, primarily about global peace and social concerns. Over twenty books by Gill, including novels, literary criticism, and collections of poems have been published in Canada, the U.S., England, and India.

 

Background Information

Stephen Gill, a Canadian citizen, was born in Sialkot, Panjab, a region of India/Pakistan, and grew in India. He taught for three years in Ethiopia and then moved to England before settling in Canada. He is a former president of Vesta Publications Ltd.; the Cornwall Branch of the Canadian Authors Association; a former national vice-president of the World Federalists of Canada; Indo-Asian Association of Cornwall; The Multicultural Council of Stormont and Dundas; a representative of the City of Cornwall at the Cornwall Arts Board; a director of Indo-Canada Association of Cornwall; and a chief delegate to represent the World University for Canada. He is at present a Government certified cultural interpreter for Urdu into English and vice versa, vice-president of the Christian Cultural Association of South Asians, and an honorary member of the Ansted University Board of Advisory Council. He is a member of prestigious national and international organizations, including The PEN; The Writers's Union of Canada; Amnesty International, and the Associated Church Press. In 1974 and again in 1976, he sought election as an alderman (municipal councilor) in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. His platform at both occasions was to do something solid to promote different arts. He got across his message, though he was unsuccessful. Later, he started interviewing writers on the Roger Cable Station of Cornwall. His main works are in English. In addition to English, he writes poems in Urdu, Hindi and Panjabi languages. He has authored over twenty books, including novels, literary criticism, and collections of poems. His books have been published in Canada, USA, England and India, and two of them have been translated in other languages. His poems have been translated and published in several languages. Stephen Gill has written and published book reviews, research articles on writers from the east and west, and articles on world peace. His poetry and prose have appeared in more than four hundred publications in Canada and abroad. He often receive doctoral dissertations from different universities for evaluations. He is honorary editor/advisor to several publications. Global peace and social concerns are the main areas of his interest as a writer and speaker.

 

Selected Publications:

Divergent Shades. India: Writers Forum, 1995.
The Dove of Peace. New York: M.A.F. Press, 1993.
The Flowers of Thirst. Cornwall, Ontario: Vesta Publications Limited, 1991.
Discovery of Bangladesh. England: Colin Venton, 1975.
Six Symbolist Plays of Yeats. India: S. Chand, 1970.

Awards:

Three honorary doctorates. International Eminent Poet (India).
Pegasus International Poetry for Peace Award (Texas).
Laurel Leaf: Laureate Man of Letters, presented at the 13th World Conference of the United Poets Laureate International.
Global NRI Award from India-European Union Friendship Society.

 

Accomplishments

 Fellowship of the Celtic Chair of the University of Ottawa.

1986 : Receives the Honour of Doctorate in Literature from World University (USA).

1989, January : Feature Poet of the Month. The Plowman, Canada

1989 : Receives an award from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and the Ministry of Culture and Communications.

1990: Sohan Singh Gill Memorial Shiromani Sahitkar Purskar from Canadian International Punjabi Sahit Association (regd.).

1990 : Receives a Doctorate in Literature from World Academy of Arts & Culture (China).

 1991 : Honourary life membership to Texas State Poetry Society.

1991: Fellow Membership and award of International Eminent Poet from International Poets Academy, Madras, India.

 1991: Pegasus International Poetry for Peace Award from Poetry in the Arts, Inc., (Austin, Texas, USA).

1992, April : Poet of the Month, featured by People Plus, USA.

1992, April : Wins the Second place for the poem "ME", and the Sixth place for "A Conversation" in the Tickled By Thunder's Seventh Contest.

 1992 : A judge for the Annual Awards for The Austin Poetry Society, Texas, USA.

1992, July : Certificate of Appreciation from Asian Canada Biographical Centre, Canada.

1992, August : Certificate and a Laurel Leaf, inscribed Laureate Man of Letters at the 13th world conference of United Poets Laureate International, held at The Pointe in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, from August 5 - 9.

1993, March : Honourable mention, in the 53rd Annual International Poetry Contest in the category of haiku for "When a leaf fights the gust.”

 1993 : Service Award from Ministry of Citizenship of Ontario, Canada.

 1994: Best Poet of Peace in The World for the year 1993 from Roger Cable 11, Canada.

1994 : Pride of Muskurahat from Muskurahat International, Urdu and English monthly published from Canada and Pakistan simultaneously.

 1994 : Award of Appreciation by the Municipal Corporation of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.

        1994 : Trophy from Al-Mohajer, Ottawa based cultural monthly review, at its annual      anniversary held at Lebanese Palace on the 18th of Dec.

       1995 : Judge for The Annual Higher Goals contest, category of poetry

held by the Evangelical Press Association of the United States. * 1995: Poet of Peace Award by Pakistan Association of Ottawa, Canada.  * 1996: Global NRI Award from India-European Union Friendship Society, presented by Frank Flaubert, Mayor of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.  * 1996: Maan Pater (honour) from International Panjabi Sahit Sabha UK.  * 1997: Mawaheb Culture Friendship Medal from Mawaheb, a literary magazine, Toronto, Canada.  * 1999: Sahir Award of Honour from Sahir Cultural Society in Ludhiana, Panjab, India. * 2000: Award in Literature & Journalism by World Council of Asian Churches.  * 2000: Appointed as an honorary member of the Ansted University Board of Advisory Council. * 2002: Receives The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.  * 2003 (September): Receives the honor of a doctorate from Ansted University for his poetry about world peace and for writing human rights related issues.  * 2003 (September): Ansted University appoints him Poet Laureate at its convocation held in London, England. Stephen Gill is a former chief delegate to represent the World University for Canada.  He is listed in several reference books, including Who's Who in The Commonwealth,  International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England; Immigrants We Read About by George Bonavia, International Production, Ottawa ; Biography International, South Asia Pub. Co., New Delhi, India ; Who's Who In Canadian Literature, Reference Press, Toronto, Canada ; Vesta's Who's Who of North American Poets, Vesta, Canada ; Ethnic & Native Canadian Literature : A Bibliography by John Miska, University of Toronto Press ; Something About The Author, vol. 63, Gale Research, USA; and Who's Who In Canada, Toronto University Press; Who's Who in Ontario, B & C List Ltd.; and several others

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PO Box 1641, Cornwall, Ont. K6H 5R9 Canada (613-932-7735)

 

                       

 

March 15,  2006

 

                       

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STEPHEN GILL APPOINTED DEAN OF CREATIVE WRITING AND PEACE STUDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writer and poet of peace Dr. Stephen Gill has been appointed as Dean of Creative Writing and Peace Studies at Marquess College, London, England, by its principal Professor Dr. John Kersey. Both Professor Kersey and Dr. Gill have been involved with Ansted University and  the World University, and met at the Ansted Annual Conference in London, England in 2004. For years, Dr.Stephen Gill represented the World University (USA) as its chief delegate for Canada.

 

Marquess College is an independent British educational institution that offers professional diploma qualifications through the flexible and modern methods of distance learning, using email, fax, regular post and telephone. The route to an award is designed to be efficient, economical and professionally focussed. Students, who must be adult professionals aged over 24 years, receive credits for their prior learning both in and beyond the workplace.

 

A recipient of several national and international awards for his writings and also for peace, Stephen Gill has authored more than twenty books, including novels, literary studies, collections of poems and books of historical nature. His poetry and prose have appeared in more than five hundred publications. He has been an examiner of the Ph.D. dissertations for universities in India for years.

 

For additional information about Stephen Gill, please visit his websites:

 

http://home.ican.net/~sgill & http://www.authorsDen.com/stephengill

 

 

Professor Dr. John Kersey, principal of the college, invites queries about Marquess College, London, and its programs from prospective students. For details, visit the site of Marquess College, London, at : www.marquess-education.com

 

Email of the principal:  Professor John Kersey : info@marquess-education.com

 

 

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More information

 For additional information on Stephen Gill, please read

 1- STEPHEN GILL & HIS WORKS (an evaluation) by George Hines, M.A. Ph.D.(Eng. Lit),Introduction by Dr. John Robbins, former Ambassador to the Vatican, and President of Brandon University;

 2- GLIMPSES : A Selection of Published Articles About Stephen Gill and his Books. Both and other titles written by Stephen Gill are available at Vesta Publications Ltd., PO Box 1641, Cornwall, Ontario, K6H 5V6 Canada. FAX: 1- 613- 932-7735. (vesta@primus.ca)

* Stephen Gill is available to write

 1- BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORIES, LITERARY STUDIES, FOR EDITORIAL WORKS;

 2- ARTICLES ABOUT WORLD PEACE AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

 3- FOR TRANSLATIONS FROM HINDI, URDU, PANJABI AND VICE VERSA

* He is the Ontario Government approved interpreter/translator from Urdu to English and vice versa.

*  Stephen Gill is about to complete his manuscript for a book of poems of around one hundred and sixty pages about terrorism and world peace;

 * Stephen Gill’s main recreation is to promote world peace and make friends. Email- sgill(at)ican.net

Poetry

SIX POEMS ABOUT PEACE

(1)

I cannot see
the burning bush of your beauty
because
extremists have loosened
suffocating gases
from the sea of their terror
which envelope the mountain.
Storms
hide the glow with the dust
when the albatross of bigotry
flies
over the flowers of peace.

Worms of wrong prophets
eat into flesh.
A feverish state
builds the fancied walls of Jericho
while your radiance strangles
within the nauseating cobwebs.

I wish to hear
the melody of wonder
that floats in the rhythm of harmony.
The lost gulls of harmony
hover over the bay
of the dying day.

Where is the water
that flows
from the spring of your grace?
The emerging age shall bathe
in the vitality of the freshness
of its dawn.


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(2)

Through the cracks
in the crumbling walls of now
I grab
particles of the dust
from the diamonds of your
shoreless abode
of the fathomless bliss.

More than
the sweet sobbing melodies
the amaze of the amazing abode
of your calm grace
is to me.
Its recollections tiptoes
in the caves of my words
and
its sobering silence plays
with the lips of my thinking.

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(3)

When the spectre of gloom
looms in the gown of fear,
escape by the boat of self
draws me closer
to you.
Swayed
by the waves
of the softening solitude
from the shores unknown
I lose my being
in you.

The dove emanates
as a fire of faith
from the driving drifts
at the altar of the deity
of demands
where humans assert
their uncertainties.
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(4)

In your sight
I see a Moses
reflecting on the glass
of my solitude.
The dazzle of the star
signs the death note
to my darkness.

From
the disarrangement of the void
a lake appears.
I hear murmurs
from the ripples of the dawn.

The fishes of the still harbour
sense the star
while manna from the moon
burst into
the petals of my strength.

I wish to swing
under the wings of our affinity
on the steps of a mystic.
A deepening silence
knocks out the mobile launchers
of restlessness
as dryness mocks
the paralysis of life.

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(5)

I am often greeted
by the bursting flutters of the dove
while rambling the rayless resort
of the fears
from the scamps of my surrounding.

I hear
some unknown voice calling her
to be above the confusing cries
of mindless feverishness
and the hounds of alienation
from the houses of infamy
of social upheavals.

I see her fleeing
from the blinding fog
of unfulfilled human dreams,
blank eyes
facing blank walls of the present,
half-blossomed flowers
of the youth of aspirations,
meaningless pledges of our leaders,
and above all
those concerns which lie
in the locker
of the anchored ship of memories.

A soothing glow
from a fireplace of compassion
that would radiates
the redness of young lips
from the future,
burning the decaying stems
of the buds of the past,
should entice that dove
before the last star of the evening
bids her farewell for ever.

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(6)

In a cabin of inaction
built with beams of silence
often I long to slumber
on a couch
with no flesh of worries.

For me
soft drops of harmony
shall produce a lullaby
from the notes of now.