David Solway (born 8 December 1941) is a Canadian poet, essayist, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic.
[5] He has "won numerous awards and prizes for his work in both poetry and non-fiction,"[4] including QSPELL Awards, Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal and A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry.
[5] Solway is known for his work both as a poet, essayist and as a teacher, as well as for his polemical outspokenness, especially in opposition to Islam and in defense of Zionism.
[6] He has contributed political commentary to the conservative websites WorldNetDaily and PJ Media, and has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement.
[7] For inspiration, he invented a Greek poet named Andreas Karavis as a heteronym, whose work he published in apparent translation.