Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Quillby the porcupine who lost his quills
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
F 36.01.32
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1980 (Creation)
- Creator
- Swede, George
-
1980 (Creation)
- Creator
- Krumins, Anita
-
1980 (Creation)
- Creator
- Lewis, Martin
- Note
- Illustrator
-
1980 (Publication)
- Publisher
- Three Trees Press
Physical description area
Physical description
1 book
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Swede was a member of the Department of Psychology at Ryerson from 1968 to 2006 (and Chair from 1998 to 2003). He is now Professor Emeritus. During his career at Ryerson, as well as after, he pursued his interests as a creative writer, editor and arts administrator. Some highlights include :
- Co-founder, Haiku Canada in 1977 ;
- Editor, the Canadian Haiku Anthology (Three Trees Press, 1979) ;
- Co-editor, Global Haiku (Brooks Books, 2000) and Erotic Haiku (Black Moss Press, 2017) ;
- Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives for 2008-2009 ;
- Elected editor of Frogpond : Journal of the Haiku Society of America, for issues between 2008 and 2012. He and Anita Krumins, a retired Ryerson Communications Professor).were the first Canadian Editors.
George Swede has also published more than 40 collections of poetry, one, Helices (Red Moon Press, 2016), won the 2017 Leroy & Mildred Kanterman Memorial Book Award, First Place for the best collection of haiku ; and a Portuguese/English chapbook, "um mosquito no meu braço" (Francisco Carvalho, translator for Eufeme, 2017).
For more information about George's life, awards, publications and positions go to Wikipedia or to his website at georgeswede.com.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Anita I. Krumins was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany to Latvian parents. In 1949, her family emigrated to the United States. In 1970, she married George Swede. She was faculty member at Ryerson in Business and Technical Communication (later called Professional Communication), also acting as the chair of the department. In 1980 she was the President of Ryerson's Canadian Union of Educational Workers (CUEW), and in 1997 she was the president of Ryerson's Faculty Association.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Custodial history
Scope and content
File contains 1 copy of the book "Quillby the porcupine who lost his quills". The book was written by George Swede and Anita Krumins. The book was illustrated by Martin Lewis.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright is held by the author.