Marius Kociejowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marius Kociejowski

Canadian-born poet, essayist and travel writer

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1949

Place of Birth: Bishop's Mills, Ontario, Canada

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marius Kociejowski (born 1949) is a Canadian-born poet, essayist and travel writer. Kociejowski was born in 1949 in Bishop's Mills, Ontario, to a Polish father and an English mother.
In 1973, he left Canada and later settled in London.
His first publication, Coast, won the Cheltenham Prize for Literature in 1991.
He works as an antiquarian bookseller specializing in poetry.
His interest in Syria has led him to research and write two books about the country, and edit a Syrian anthology of travel writing.
His book God's Zoo (2014) consists of a series of encounters with creative artists living in London who have become exiles from their cultural and geographical roots.