Endre Farkas was born in Hajdunanas, Hungary. He fled with his parents during the 1956 uprising and settled in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He received his M.A. from Concordia University and has been teaching at John Abbott College since 1974.
Books:
Szerbusz
Eldorado editions 1974
Murders in the Welcome Cafe
Vehicule Press 1977
Romantic at Heart & Other Faults
Cross Country Press 1979
Face‑Off
The Muses’ Co. 1980
From Here to Here
The Muses’ Co. 1982
*How To
The Muses’ Co. 1988
Howl Two Eh?? (with Ken Norris)
NuAge Editions 1992
Surviving Words
The Muses’ Co. 1994
Surviving Wor(l)ds (a play)
Schirraco 1999
Les mots Qui Survivent
Tr. French Marie Evangeline Arsenault
Ecrites des Forges 1999
Hirencia (virtual book)
Tr. Spanish Elias Letelier
Poetas.com 2001
Palabras Sobrevivientes Tr. Spanish Elias Letelier
Poetas.com 2002
Voices CDPoetry 2002
In The Worshipful Company of Skinners
The Muses’ Co. 2003
Anthologies
10 Montreal Poets at the Cegeps
Montreal English Poetry of the Seventies
The Other Language
CrossCut
Quebec Suite
Passport
Voix-Off
Canadian Poetry Now
Poetry Australia
Anaconda
Canto a un Prisionero
*Nominated for the QSPELL AM Klein Poetry Prize
His work has been translated into Hungarian, Slovenian, French, Spanish, Italian and Turkish.
Editor
Montreal English Poetry of the Seventies
(co-editor with Ken Norris)
Vehicule Press 1977
Sounds Like
(album of spoken work)
co-producer with Ken Norris 1980
*The Other Language
The Muses' Co. 1983
1984
The Muses' Co. 1984
Quebec Suite
Passport (English Canadian Poetry in Translation-French).
Tr. Emile Martel 2000
*Nominated for the “Perfect Library” collection by Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
Plays:
Surviving Wor(l)ds
Cirraco 2000
Radio Love (with Ruth Taylor) 2000
Why is This Night Different? 2001
Voices 2002
Poetry Performances:
Drummer Boy Raga 1975
A collaborative 7 voice text creation
Close Up 1976
A collaboration with composer Ted Dawson.
Sound Bodies 1978
Commissioned text and choreography
It Runs in the Family 1979
Comissioned text and choreography for poet and two dancers.
Face‑Off /Mise Au jeu 1980
Commissioned piece for the dance group CATPOTO.
An Evening in the Muses' Company 1983
Text and movement for 3 actors.
Murders In The Welcome Café 1983
Dramatization of the book .
A Minute to Go 1985
I Love You/Je t'aime 2002
Text for 3 voices presented
Cabaret Vehicule 2004
An evening of performance poetry at Cinquieme Salle de Place des arts sponsored by the Musee d’art contemporaine de Quebec.
Administrative Work:
Founding Editor of Véhicule Press 1974
Coordinator of Véhicule Reading Series 1974
Coordinator of John Abbott College Reading Series 1976
One of the founders of QSPELL
(Quebec Society for the Promotion of
English Language Literature)
One of the Founders of QWF
(Quebec Writers Federation)
President of Quebec English Language Publishers
Editor of Matrix Magazine
Producer of Cabaret Vehicule 2004
Coproducer of Poesie en Mouvement/Poetry in Motion (poems on the buses project) 2004
Coproducer of "Circus of Words/Cirque des Mots" 2005
