Vic Elias
Born	1948 Chicago, Illinois
Died	2006 (aged 57–58)
Occupation	Physicist

Vic Elias (1948–2006) was apoet who was born inChicago, Illinois, and emigrated to Canada in 1979. Settling inLondon, Ontario, he was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at theUniversity of Western Ontario. He was also an Affiliate Member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics inWaterloo, Ontario. In 1997 he received the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching, UWO's highest teaching award.^[1] In addition to his work in mathematics and physics, Vic Elias was an accomplished poet whose work appeared in a number of literary publications includingParchment,Tabula Rasa, andAfterthoughts. He is the author of three full-length collections and one chapbook of poetry. His poems have dealt with hisJewish identity and spiritual themes, humorous anecdotes, and in his final works, his struggle with cancer, which took his life in May 2006.

• 1991:Reflected Scenery from Where My Eyes Should Be, Moonstone PressISBN 0-920259-37-5
• 2004:Drinking with Old Men, South Western Ontario Poetry,ISBN 0-919139-33-7
• 2006:A Game of Jeopardy, South Western Ontario Poetry,ISBN 0-919139-36-1

• 2006:The Cataracts of Troy, South Western Ontario Poetry

• Vic Elias: Publisher SiteArchived 2011-10-04 at theWayback Machine

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• 2006 deaths
• American chapbook writers
• 20th-century American poets
• 20th-century American male writers

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