"Arguably the best living Sri Lankan poet in English" (World Literature Today), and compared to Walcott and Soyinka, Rienzi Crusz came to Canada in 1965. He was educated at the Universities of Ceylon, London, Toronto, and Waterloo, where he was also the Reference Librarian. He is the author of twelve volumes of poetry and has been widely published in periodicals and anthologies. He lives in Waterloo.