An excerpt from an email received from another beautiful friend today of Dad’s 🙏—
I know that it is very difficult for you to cope up with the pain and sorrow caused by your father’s death, the extraordinary man who was like a star, radiating eloquence, nobility and invention. He was the first Canadian writer to offer me his sincere friendship when I, as a writer from Europe, first appeared on the Edmonton literary scene in 2013.
Richard edited two of my poetry books entitled [omitted for privacy]. He also wrote an excellent review for both of these books. Our ideas about literature and our aesthetic tastes were very similar.
Let me to express my deepest condolences on the loss of your beloved father, who left indelible marks on the literary world of Edmonton and enriched Canadian literature with his wonderful works in several literary genres.