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David Solway (born 8 December 1941) is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic.

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Biography

Solway received a BA in English and Philosophy from McGill University in 1962, and a QMA in Philosophy in 1966. [1] He has later received a MA in creative writing/English from Concordia University in 1988, a MA in education from Université de Sherbrooke in 1996, and a Ph.D summa cum laude from Lajos Kossuth University in 1998. [2] He was formerly a teacher at Dawson College and John Abbott College in Montreal, and at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, [1] and has been a guest lecturer at several international universities. [2] He has "won numerous awards and prizes for his work in both poetry and non-fiction," [1] including QSPELL Awards, Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal and A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry. [2]

Solway is known for his work both as a poet, essayist and as a teacher, as well as for his polemical outspokenness, especially in opposition to Islam and in defense of Zionism, George W. Bush and the war on terror. He has contributed political commentary to the conservative websites WorldNetDaily and PJ Media . He has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement. [3]

For inspiration, he invented a Greek poet named Andreas Karavis as a heteronym, whose work he published in apparent translation. [2]

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Essays and criticism

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Solway, David 1941–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. "The Islamists' allies in the West". The Times of Israel. 23 November 2015.

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