Seymour Mayne is the author, editor or translator of more than fifty books and monographs. His writings have been translated into many languages, including French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. His latest collections include "Light Industry"Ricochet: Word Sonnets" (Mosaic Press, 2004), "September Rain" (Mosaic Press, 2005) and "Les pluies de septembre" (Editions du Noroit, 2008), his selected poems translated into French by Pierre DesRuisseaux. He serves as Professor of Canadian Literature, Canadian Studies, and Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa. --- Seymour Mayne a