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Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 - September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies,〔M. Casey, Diana. “Eli Mandel” Great Neck Publishing 〕 and literary academic. ==Biography== Ten years prior to his death, Eli Mandel’s passing would have been significant news; however, because of a series of strokes that left him unable to write, Mandel had long since gone unrecognized. He was born Elias Wolf Mandel in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada to Russian Jewish parents who had emigrated from the Ukraine, and grew up the Canadian prairies during the Great Depression.〔Sharon Drache, "Mandel, Eli," ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton:Hurtig, 1988), 1290.〕 After a job working for a pharmacist who, landed him a position serving in Canada's Medical Corps during World War II,〔Kizuk, R. Alexander. “Desert Words: Eli Mandel’s Poetry” http://www.uwo.ca/english/canadianpoetry/cpjrn/vol49/kizuk.htm〕 it has been said Mandel returned a forever emotionally distraught man who was destined to live the rest of his life without a sense of belonging. This helps explain the alienation that is illustrated throughout his writings. He studied English at the University of Saskatchewan attaining a Master of Arts degree in 1950. His further studies at the University of Toronto earned him a PhD in 1957.〔Colin Boyd, "(Mandel, Eli )," ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' Web, July 10, 2006.〕 Mandel taught English and creative writing at the University of Alberta, University of Victoria, University of Toronto, and York University.〔 He also taught Canadian studies at the University of Calgary.〔Doug Gent, "(Mandel, Eli )," ''Elias "Eli" Wolf Mandel Bio'' Web, May 27, 2012.〕 Besides his poetry, he wrote other works such as his 1969 essay on fellow poet Irving Layton. He was married to his first wife, Miriam Mandel for 18 years. The couple had two children, Evie and Charles. In 1967 he divorced her and married Ann Hardy; they had one child, Sara.〔"(Elias (Eli) Wolf Mandel Biography )," Estevan, Saskatechewan, Gent-Family.com, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.〕 Publishing poetry in the early 1950s,〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 His poetry was published in 1954 in ''Trio,'' an anthology of poems by Mandel, Gael Turnbull, and Phyllis Webb published by Raymond Souster's Contact Press.〔"(Phyllis Webb )," Canadian Women Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 12, 2011〕 His first book was ''Fuseli poems'' (1960).〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 His works seem to have been deeply influenced by World War II, especially all the horrors of the Jewish concentration camps.〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 〕 Despite the lack of direct references to the war until ''Stony Plain'' (1973), his work illustrates many grim and morbid images of despair, destruction written with a tone of inescapable pessimism.〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 〕 Mandel’s style was contemplative and intellectual - "an ironic poet, rather than an angry one".〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 〕 He deliberately lacks emotion in his work, which heightens his desired hopeless outlook.〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 〕 This is a central feature in all of his collected works. Being exceptionally literarily complex, his early works appear not to have been written for "a scholarly rather than public audience".〔Frank Davey "Mandel, Eli" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Douglas College. 25 October 2010 〕 However, later, starting with the poetry of Black and secret man (1964), Mandel simplifies the syntax and uses more colloquial language. While the thoughtful view remained as it was in his earlier work, a wittier tone replaced the previously somber one. Mandel, also being an active critic and editor, published a monograph on his fellow-poet Irving Layton and in his first anthology, ''Poetry62/Poésie62''(1962) which he co-edited with Jean-Guy Pilon. Additionally, he championed many otherwise unnoticed newcomers of the 1950s such as Al Purdy, Milton Acorn, D.G. Jones and Alden Nowlan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eli Mandel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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