Shaunt Basmajian

Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 1950 – 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author.

Shaunt Basmajian
Born	(1950-09-30)30 September 1950 Beirut, Lebanon
Died	25 January 1990(1990-01-25) (aged 39) , Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	poet and author

He was a co-founder of Old Nun Publications and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group.^[1]

In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robbed while he was driving a taxi. His right lung was punctured when a robber stabbed him. He died one year later when his heart lining collapsed.^[2]

Bibliography

• 1972: Spare Change
• 1973: Quote Unquote
• 1974: The Horserace As The Analogy
• 1976: The Poem "In A Struggle with the Magnetic Source"
• 1980: Boundaries Limits & Space
• 1982: Surplus Waste and Other Poems
• 1983: 8 Irritations
• 1984: Other Channels (poetry anthology coëdited with Daniel Jones)
• 1985: Poets Who Don't Dance^[3]
• 1986: Options
• 1987: A Seduction-Poem For Miss January
• 1988: 3 poems
• 1988: Biased Analogies
• 1989: bfp(h)aGe (concrete poetry anthology coëdited with Brian David Johnston)
• 1990: I am/I'm