Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 1950 – 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author.

He was a co-founder of Old Nun Publications and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group.

Shaunt Basmajian

In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robbed while he was driving a taxi. His right lung was punctured when a robber stabbed him. He died one year later when his heart lining collapsed.

Shaunt Basmajian

Bibliography

1982: Surplus Waste and Other Poems

1985: Poets Who Don't Dance 1985

1988: Biased Analogies

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Records of Shaunt Basmajian are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books

Shaunt Basmajian

1950 births

1990 deaths

Writers from Beirut

20th-century Canadian poets

Canadian male poets

20th-century Canadian male writers