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Mark Abley (born 13 May 1955) is a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and nonfiction writer. Both his poetry and several of his nonfiction books express his interest in endangered languages. In November 2022 Abley was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Saskatchewan for his writing career and for his services to Canadian literature.
A Rhodes Scholar, Abley settled in Montreal in 1983, where he has since based his career. His memoir of his father, The Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind, appeared in 2019. It was followed by a work of literary travel, Strange Bewildering Time: Istanbul to Kathmandu in the Last Year of the Hippie Trail (2023).
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