Payerle, George

George Payerle

Ronsdale books by George Payerle:

  1. The Last Trip to Oregon: Poems in Wake of Red’s Death

George Payerle, of Hungarian extraction, is a novelist, poet, translator and editor. His two published novels are the afterpeople (Anansi, 1970) and Unknown Soldier (Macmillan, 1987). Short fictions, parts of novels and poetry have appeared widely in periodicals over the past three decades and on radio. In recent years, Payerle has returned to writing poetry, some of which has appeared in magazine and chapbook form. The Last Trip to Oregon is his first book of poems. A longtime resident of Vancouver, Payerle now makes his home in Roberts Creek, B.C.