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Rod Anderson (as writer)

Curriculum Vitae


'SwallowHill', 1940 Hill 60 Rd., R.R.5,
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
K9A 4J8
tel: (905) 372-2410
fax: (905) 372-6274
e-mail: rod@rodmer.com

Table of Contents

  • Non-writing data
  • Towards the writing life
  • Writing education
  • Published writing
  • Public readings
  • Other writing data
  • Extra-curricular activities

    Non-writing data

    Background

    Born Toronto, Canada, 1935
    Lived in Toronto for 55 years
    Now lives in Cobourg with his artist wife, Merike Lugus
    Has son and daughter (both married) and five grandsons

    Education

    BA (Chemistry) University of Toronto, 1956
    CA (Ontario Gold Medal), 1959; FCA, 1969

    Past Professional Life

    Chartered Accountant with Clarkson, Gordon & Co. (now Ernst & Young) 1956-1983
    Managing Partner of the firm's Toronto Office 1979-1982

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    Towards the writing life

    Early Background

    Earliest published poem was in school magazine at age 11 (it was awful!).
    Five years later was the editor of that magazine (the Record at Trinity College School)
    At university had poems published in the Trinity Review . In 1956 was co-editor of the Trinity Review

    The other type of writing

    Co-author of Analytical Auditing (Pitman, Toronto, 1966)
    describing a systems-based approach to auditing (published also in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish translations)
    Author of The External Audit (Pitman, Toronto, 1977)
    a 2-volume general auditing text widely used in Canada in the 1980s
    Co-author of Dollar-Unit Sampling (Copp Clark, Toronto, 1979)
    a text on statistical sampling for auditors (won the Gold Medal of the American Accounting Association)
    Numerous articles in professional journals (1960 to 1983)

    Change of career

    Left the professional world in 1983 to spend full time writing poetry, short stories, opera librettit, reviews, etc.

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    Writing education

    "Work Session in Creative Writing" by Ann Montagnes (1983/84), a Continuing Studies program of the University of Toronto
    "Creative Writing" 3rd-year undergraduate course by David Knight (1984-85), at the University of Toronto
    Upper Canada Writers Workshop (Kingston: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988)
    Ganaraska Writers' Colony (Port Hope: 1987)
    "Hypertext Poetry and Fiction" -- an on-line course by Robert Kendall of the New School for Social Research, New York (1996)

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    Published Writing

    Principal works

    Sky Falling Sunny Tomorrow (book of poetry) (Wolsak & Wynn,Toronto, 1989)
    Libretto for Dulcitius , performed by the Canadian Opera Company ensemble in October 1988 (composed by Peter Paul Koprowski) (in COC archives)
    Libretto for Mario and the Magician , (adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella) performed by the Canadian Opera Company in May 1992 at the Elgin Theatre, Toronto (composed by Harry Somers) (in COC archives)

    Lit mags

    Poems, short stories, and reviews have been published in:
    The Antigonish Review, Canadian Literature, Contemporary Verse 2, Dandelion, Dis-Ease, Fiddlehead, Germination, Grain, Implosion, Matrix, Poetry Canada Review, Poetry Toronto, PRISM International, Toronto Life, Toronto Sun, Quarry, Rampike, Waves, Zymergy .

    Anthologies

    Garden Varieties (Cormorant Books, Toronto, 1988)
    The Dry Wells of India (Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 1989)
    More Garden Varieties (Aya Press, Toronto, 1989)

    Other

    Arctic Circle Solstice (words for a new composition by Alexander Rapoport performed by the Northumberland Orchestra and Choir in Cobourg Dec 16, 2001 and Dec 14, 2003)

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    Public readings

    1. Mar 12/86 Rogers Cable 10 Program "Changing Lanes"
    2. Apr 10/86 Richvale Library, Richmond Hill
    3. Sep 27/86 Beaches Book Store, Toronto
    4. Feb 20/88 Beaches Book Store, Toronto
    5. Mar 26/88 North York Arts Centre "Publish Your Poem" seminar
    6. Act 31/89 North York Central Library
    7. Nov 24/89 Galerie Beaux Arts (at book launch of Sky Falling Sunny Tomorrow ), Toronto
    8. Mar 7/91 St. Lawrence College, Kingston
    9. May 23/91 Richvale Writers Group, Toronto
    10. Oct 6/91 Idler Pub, Toronto
    11. Mar 22/95 Art Bar (Matyas Cellar), Toronto
    12. Jun 18/95 Victoria Inn, Gore's Landing
    13. Aug 28/96 Art Bar (Csardas Restaurant), Toronto
    14. Oct/97 Barnum House, Grafton, ON "Poetic Gleanings"
    15. Sep/98 Java Man, Cobourg, ON "The Many Deaths of the Universe"

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    Other writing data

    Awards

    First prize for poetry in the Cross-Canada Writers' Writing Competition 1988

    Memberships

    Member of the League of Canadian Poets
    Past chairman of the Internet Committee of the League of Canadian Poets

    Combining Poetry with Professional Life (or failing to)

    An article, "Profession and the Poet", that appeared in the Nov/91 issue of Museletter , the newsletter of The League of Canadian Poets

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    Extra-curricular activities

    President of Canadian Opera Company (1969 and 1977) -- and board member (1962 - 1980)
    Director of Young People's Theatre (c.1965 - 1970)
    Director General of Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (1997) -- and board member (1969 - 2004)
    Member of the Advisory Council to the School of Business, Queen's University (1978-80)
    Chairman, Finance and Operating Committee, Northumberland Orchestra Society (1997) and Board Member (1997-1999)
    Artistic Adviser and Master of Ceremonies for the NOS Cobourg Celebration Concert (1998)
    Panelist on the LWRD/OFANA [Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Opera for a New America] panel of Opera America (1995)
    Chairman of the Internet Committee of the League of Canadian Poets (1996)
    Treasurer, University Club of Toronto (1968)
    Member, York Club (Toronto) (1980 - 1986)
    Member, Kappa Alpha Society (VT) (1952 - present)

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    Other CVs

    The above CV is my CV as writer. Two alternative CVs are:
    [Obviously, the result of a certain lack of focus. Some people just can't decide what they want to do.]

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