About Stephen Gill
Indo/Canadian Writer Of Peace & Social Concerns
*BIRTH PLACE: Sialkot, Panjab, former India, now Pakistan *BOOKS BY STEPHEN GILL - REFLECTIONS & WOUNDS (poems) - THE DOVE OF PEACE (poems) - LIFE'S VAGARIES ( short stories) - THE LOYALIST CITY ( a novel) - SCIENTIFIC ROMANCES OF H.G. WELLS (critical study) - SIX SYMBOLIST PLAYS OF YEATS (critical study) - POLITICAL CONVICTIONS OF G.B. SHAW ( critical study) - DISCOVERY OF BANGLADESH (history) - SKETCHES OF INDIA (illust. essays about India) - ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR BEGINNERS - SIMON & THE SNOW KING (children story) - THE BLESSINGS OF A BIRD (children story) - MOANS & WAVES ( poems) - THE FLOWERS OF THIRST (love poems) - WHY ( a novel) - IMMIGRANT ( a novel) - SONGS FOR HARMONY (poems) - DIVERGENT SHADES (Poems) - SHRINE (poems) - Aman Di Ghuggi (Poems in Panjabi language) - Jazira (Poems in Urdu. To be released shortly) *BOOKS EDITED : - Poets of the Capital - Seaway Valley Poets - Tales from Canada for Children Everywhere - Green Snow : Anthology of Canadian Poets of Asian Origin - Anti-War Poems : Vol. 1 - Anti-War Poems : Vol. 11 - Vesta's Who's Who of North American Poets *WORKS IN TRANSLATION -Zakhmi Perchawen (poems in Panjabi). Translator : Dr. Mohinder Kaur Gill. -Awasi (Panjabi translation of his novel Immigrant). Translator : Balbir Momi. -Parwasi (translation of IMMIGRANT in Panjabi) Translators : Dr. N. Singh and S. Sarna. -Reflexions Et Blessures (poems in French). Translator : Fr. Roland Hamel -His poems have been translated and appeared in several publications of Bengalee, Chinese, Italian, German and Spanish languages. *MEMBERSHIPS & OFFICES HELD: 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; a cultural interpreter for Cornwall & District Immigrant Services Agency; and chief delegate to represent the World University for Canada. At present, he is vice-president of the Christian Cultural Association of South Asians. Also he is 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; and Amnesty International, and the Associated Church Press. *DISTINCTIONS: Received two honorary doctorates. His additional recognitions include an award from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and the Ministry of Culture and Communications; Honorary life membership of the Texas State Poetry Society; Pegasus International Poetry for Peace Award, (Poetry in the Arts, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA); a judge for three times for the Annual Awards for The Austin Poetry Society, Texas, USA; 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; Service Award from Ministry of Citizenship, Ontario; Best Poet of Peace in the World award for the year 1993 from Roger Cable 11, Canada; Award of Appreciation from the Municipal Corporation of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; Trophy from Al-Mohajer, Ottawa based cultural monthly review; judge for The Annual Higher Goals contest, category of poetry, held by the Evangelical Press Association of the United States; Poet of Peace Award by Pakistan Association of Ottawa, Canada; Global NRI Award from India-European Union Friendship Society, presented by Frank Flaubert, Mayor of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; Maan Pater (honour) from International Panjabi Sahit Sabha UK.; Mawaheb Culture Friendship Medal from Mawaheb, a literary magazine, Toronto, Canada; Sahir Award of Honor from Sahir Cultural Society in Ludhiana, Panjab, India; a plaque from The World Council of Asian Churches for his contributions in journalism and literature; and several more. Gill is listed in several reference books, including Immigrants We Read About by George Bonavia, International Production, Ottawa; 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; Who's Who In Canada, Toronto University Press; Who's Who in Ontario, Heritage Press, B.C.; A Dictionary of World Panjabi Writers; and in several more. *MISCELLANEOUS: 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 over three hundred publications in Canada and abroad. Global peace and social concerns are the main areas of his interest. He is honorary editor/advisor to several publications. *ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: -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; -GLIMPSES : A Selection of Published Articles About Stephen Gill and his Books. *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 *ADDRESS:&, PO Box 32, Cornwall, Ont. K6H 5R9 Canada TEL. 613-932-2135; FAX: 613-932-7735 EMAIL: sgill@ican.net And stefgill@hotmail.com *WEBSITES: http://www.writersunion.ca/gill.htm and http://home.ican.net/~sgill
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