Marty Gervais (1946-now)
Charles Henry "Marty" Gervais (born 1946) is a Canadian poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press. Gervais has also published plays, children's books, non-fiction and, most recently, a book of photography, A Show of Hands: Boxing on the Border (2004). In 1998, he won the prestigious Torontos Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contributions to Canadian letters and to emerging writers. In 1996, he was awarded the Milton Acorn Peoples Poetry Award for his book, Tearing Into A Summer Day. That book was awarded the City of Windsor Mayors Award for literature. Gervais won this award again in 2003 for another collection, To Be Now: New and Selected Poems. Gervais has also been the recipient of 16 Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for journalism. His first published novel, Reno, appeared in 2005 from Mosaic Press. Another book, Taking My Blood, charting his time in a hospital, and including photographs he took while he was there, came out in 2005. In 2006 Gervais and his work were the subject of an episode of the television series Heart of a Poet produced by Canadian filmmaker Maureen Judge. In May 2009, another book, "Lucky Days: New Poems," appeared from Mosaic Press. This followed Gervais' 2006 book, Wait For Me, that was launched on the west coast at readings in Victoria, British Columbia, and Salt Spring Island. Gervais lives in Windsor, Ontario.
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