Marius Kociejowski (born 1949) is a Canadian-born poet, essayist and travel writer.
Kociejowski was born in 1949 in Bishop's Mills, Ontario, to a Polish father and an English mother. In 1973, he left Canada and later settled in London. [1] His first publication, Coast, won the Cheltenham Prize for Literature in 1991. [2] He works as an antiquarian bookseller specializing in poetry. [3] His interest in Syria has led him to research and write two books about the country, [4] and edit a Syrian anthology of travel writing. His book God's Zoo (2014) consists of a series of encounters with creative artists living in London who have become exiles from their cultural and geographical roots. [5]
Marius Kociejowski (born 1949) is a Canadian-born poet, essayist and travel writer.
Kociejowski was born in 1949 in Bishop's Mills, Ontario, to a Polish father and an English mother. In 1973, he left Canada and later settled in London. [1] His first publication, Coast, won the Cheltenham Prize for Literature in 1991. [2] He works as an antiquarian bookseller specializing in poetry. [3] His interest in Syria has led him to research and write two books about the country, [4] and edit a Syrian anthology of travel writing. His book God's Zoo (2014) consists of a series of encounters with creative artists living in London who have become exiles from their cultural and geographical roots. [5]