frankland wilmot davey (born april 19, 1940) is a canadian poet and scholar. born in vancouver, british columbia, he grew up in the fraser valley village of abbotsford. in 1957 he enrolled at the university of british columbia where, in 1961, shortly after beginning ma studies, he became one of the founding editors of the influential and contentious poetry newsletter tish. in the spring of 1962 he won the university's macmillan prize for poetry, and published the poetry collection d-day and after, the first of the tish group's numerous publications. in 1963 he began teaching at canadian services college royal roads military college in victoria. he began doctoral studies at the university of southern california in the summer of 1965, completing in 1968. after serving as writer-in-residence at montreal's sir george williams university, he joined the english department of york university in toronto in 1970, becoming department chair in 1986. he was appointed in 1990 to the carl f. klinck chair of canadian literature at the university of western ontario in london. from 1975-1992 he was one of the most active editors of the coach house press. he currently lives in strathroy, ontario.http://publish.uwo.ca/~fdavey/c/autonew2.pdf. ==biography== ===early life and education=== frank davey was born in vancouver, british columbia, but raised in nearby abbotsford, close to the canada-us border. he was the son wilmot elmer davey, a hydro company laborer and truck driver, and doris brown, who had emigrated with her family from britain at age 4.davey, when tish happens, 5-8. much of his childhood in abbotsford is pseudonymously recounted in his 2005 poetry volume back to the warventura, heliane. 'an interview with frank davey,' sources 17 (automne 2004), 72-77. and in the first person in his 2011 memoir when tish happens. together the two books also provide the only mid-century literary portrait of the surprisingly diverse abbotsford community and the surrounding fraser valley farmland. davey enrolled at the university of british columbia in 1957 where he met the influential poetry theorist warren tallman and student writers george bowering, daphne marlatt, carol bolt, and fred wah, and in 1960 the charismatic san francisco poet robert duncan. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/frankland-wilmot-davey-dlb/ dictionary of literary biography on frank(land) (wilmot) davey. with wah and bowering, and the advice of tallman and duncan, he founded the poetry newsletter tish in 1961.davey, writing a life, contemporary authors autobiographical series, vol. 27, detroit: gale, pp. 83-114. ===academic and writing career=== the success of tish,
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