John Asfour
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John Asfour
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John Asfour was a Lebanese–Canadian poet, writer, and teacher. At the age of 13, a grenade exploded in his face, blinding him during the Lebanese crisis of 1958. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to restore his sight, he moved to Canada in 1968.
After receiving his PhD in poetry from McGill University, he spent his career as a professor of literature and resided in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was the author of 5 volumes of poetry in English, and two in Arabic, he selected, edited and transla
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Lebanese–Canadian poet, writer, and teacher
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