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bpNichol, 1944-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1944 September 30 - 1988 September 25

Parallel Names

  • Nichol, BP

Nationality

Candian

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

bp nichol 1944-1988 / curry, jw; Nichol bp., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-37649-39515
Scope and Contents

The sheet consists of four stamps that depict Nichol's face and the dates of his birth and death. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Gronk Intermediate Series: Doors: To Oz & Other Landscapes. No.23 / bp Nichol ; Caruso B., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-36926-38759
Scope and Contents

This issue also served as an exhibition catalogue of Nichol's visual art at the Vivaxis Gallery, Toronto, in December 1979. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Gronk Zap: After Winsor McCay. No.2 / bp Nichol., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-36295-38085
Scope and Contents

As suggested by the instructions, the paper folded reveals the text, "I had puzzling feelings about your puzzled look." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Selected Organs: Parts of an Autobiography / Nichol, bp ; Kroetsch R., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-50285-71352
Scope and Contents

Selected Organs is a part of a larger autobiography entitled Organ Music. The basic idea of these prose pieces was to write an autobiography from a different direction concentrating on the parts of the body. All stories in this autobiography are true and told in a specific style borrowed from the oral story-telling methods of Nichol's grandmother. Nichol also drew the body part for each section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Trystero Px Stamps / curry, jw; Nichol bp; Zappa F; UU D; Basmajian S., 1994 - 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-54678-990118
Scope and Contents

The stamps depict head shots of the deceased poets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994 - 2001

Two Novels: Andy / For Jesus Lunatick Second Edition / Nichol, bp., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-31563-33058
Scope and Contents

In contrast to the first edition in which the prose and poems were printed in back to back reversed sections for each of the two novels, the printing in this second edition is sequential. The illustrations are printed in their designated positions for "Andy" but the pages are left blank for the novel "For Jesus Lunatick. The book design is not nearly as successful as the first edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971