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==Biography== Solway received a BA in English and Philosophy from [[McGill University]] in 1962, and a QMA in Philosophy in 1966.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/solway/index.htm|title=David Solway: Biography|work=Canadian Poetry Online|publisher=[[University of Toronto]]|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626013916/https://canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/solway/index.htm|archive-date=26 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> He has later received a MA in creative writing/English from [[Concordia University]] in 1988, a MA in education from [[Université de Sherbrooke]] in 1996, and a Ph.D ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[University of Debrecen|Lajos Kossuth University]] in [[Debrecen]] in 1998.<ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/solway-david-1941|title=Solway, David 1941–|encyclopedia=encyclopedia.com|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705182047/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/solway-david-1941|archive-date=5 July 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> He was formerly a teacher at [[Dawson College]] and [[John Abbott College]] in [[Montreal]], and at [[Brigham Young University]] in Provo, Utah,<ref name="bio"/> and has been a guest lecturer at several international universities.<ref name="enc"/> He has "won numerous awards and prizes for his work in both poetry and non-fiction,"<ref name="bio"/> including [[QSPELL Award]]s, Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal and [[Quebec Writers' Federation Awards|A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry]].<ref name="enc"/> Solway is known for his work both as a poet, essayist and as a teacher, as well as for his [[polemical]] outspokenness, especially in opposition to [[Islam]] and in defense of [[Zionism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-789668|title='Crossing the Jordan': Deeply considered essays on Judaism, Islam, the West - review|first=Neville|last=Teller|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303033000/https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-789668|archive-date=3 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> He has contributed political commentary to the conservative websites ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'' and ''[[PJ Media]]'', and has been described as a part of the [[counter-jihad]] movement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-islamists-allies-in-the-west/|title=The Islamists' allies in the West|date=23 November 2015|work=The Times of Israel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102161052/http://blogs.timesofisrael.com:80/the-islamists-allies-in-the-west/|archive-date=2 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> For inspiration, he invented a Greek poet named [[Andreas Karavis]] as a [[Heteronym (literature)|heteronym]], whose work he published in apparent translation.<ref name="enc"/>
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