David Donnell

David Donnell (13 October 1939 – 23 May 2020) was a Canadian poet and writer. Born in St. Marys, Ontario, Donnell moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1958 before publishing his first book. Poems, During this period Donnell frequented the Bohemian Embassy, where Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Milton Acorn, and other poets established their reputations. In conjunction with John Robert Colombo, Donnell printed Atwood's first book Double Persephone (1961) Donnell Published The Blue Sky poems 1974-77 examining the relationships of his life from an oblique perspective, then Dangerous Crossings (1980) followed by A Poem About Poland.

Donnell died on 23 May 2020, at the age of 81.

Works Poems (1969) The Blue Sky (1977) / 0-88753-032-X Dangerous Crossings (1980) Hemingway in Toronto (1982) Settlements (1983) The Blue Ontario Hemingway Boat Race (1985) . The Natural History of Water (1986) Water Street Days (1989) China Blues: Poems and Stories (1992) crab cakes w/blueberries (1995) Dancing in the Dark (1996) Sometimes a Great Notion (2004)