List of Canadian poets
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This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.
This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.
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- Mark AbleyMark AbleyMark Abley is a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer.Born in Warwickshire, England, he moved to Canada as a small boy and grew up in Lethbridge, Alberta and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Saskatchewan from which he won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1975. He...
(born 1955), Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer. - Milton AcornMilton AcornMilton James Rhode Acorn , nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island....
(1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright - Gil AdamsonGil AdamsonGil Adamson is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander.Adamson's first published work was Primitive, a volume of poetry, in 1991...
, novelist, poet, short-story writer (a woman) - Marie-Célie AgnantMarie-Célie AgnantMarie-Célie Agnant is a French-speaking Quebecer, who has lived in Canada since 1970.a writer of poems, novels and novellas, she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasionally appears with the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont. Her works have been translated into...
(born 1953), Haitian native living in Canada since 1970; novelist, poet and writer of children's books - Kateri Akiwenzie-DammKateri Akiwenzie-DammKateri Akiwenzie-Damm is an Anishinaabe writer of mixed ancestry from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. She lives and works at Neyaashiinigmiing, Cape Croker Reserve on the Saugeen Peninsula in southwestern Ontario, and in Ottawa....
(born 1965), Native American writer and poet, founder (in 1993) of Kegedonce PressKegedonce PressKegedonce Press is an Aboriginal publishing house in Neyaashiinigmiing Reserve No. 27 , Ontario, Canada, owned by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm...
, specializing in indigenous writers - John AkpataJohn AkpataJohn Andrew Akpata is a writer, spoken word artist, musician, freelance journalist and federal politician in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-Writing, media and spoken word:Akpata is a graduate of Carleton University and holds a degree in English literature...
(2003), writer. poet, musician, politician - Donald AlarieDonald AlarieDonald Alarie is a writer from Quebec.He graduated from University of Montreal in 1971, and worked as a teacher for the school Cégep de Joliette from 1971 to 1997...
(born 1945), writer, poet and teacher - Edna AlfordEdna AlfordEdna Alford is a Canadian author and editor. As a writer she is known for the collections A Sleep Full of Dreams and The Garden of Eloise Loon. She has also won the Marian Engel Award and the Gerald Lampert Award...
, editor, author and poet who co-founded the magazine Dandelion - Sandra AllandSandra AllandSandra Alland is an Edinburgh Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, small press publisher, performer and activist. She has published two collections of poetry, Proof of a Tongue and Blissful Times...
(born 1973), Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, small press publisher and activist - Donna AllardDonna AllardDonna Allard was born in Moncton, raised in the fishing village of Richibucto and recently moved back home to Richibucto, New Brunswick. She is an Anglophone poet and volunteers in humanitarian causes.CV DONNA ALLARD 2009EducationN/A...
, editor and poet - Lillian AllenLillian AllenLillian Allen is a Canadian dub poet, reggae musician, writer and Juno award winner.-Biography:Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica in 1951, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where she studied English at the City University of New York...
(born 1951), dub poetDub poetryDub poetry is a form of performance poetry of West Indian origin, which evolved out of dub music consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms in Jamaica in the 1970s.... - Anne-Marie AlonzoAnne-Marie AlonzoAnne-Marie Alonzo, CM was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher.Born in Alexandria, Egypt, she immigrated to Quebec when she was twelve...
(1951–2005), playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher, born in Egypt and moved to Canada at the age of 12 - George AmabileGeorge AmabileGeorge Amabile is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Bibliography:*Blood Ties *Open Country *Flower and Song , ISBN 0-919594-63-8...
(born 1936) - Marguerite AndersenMarguerite AndersenMarguerite Andersen Ph.D is a primarily francophone writer and educator who is currently based in Toronto, Canada where she is a teacher at the Toronto Linden School....
(born 1924), German-born, primarily francophone writer, academic and editor - Patrick Anderson (1915–1979), English-born Canadian poet and academic
- Rod AndersonRod Anderson (writer)Rodney J. Anderson BA is a Canadian poet, musician and Chartered Accountant. After spending decades living in Toronto, he currently lives in Cobourg, Ontario with his wife, Merike Lugus....
(1935), poet, musician and accountant - Michael AndreMichael AndreMichael Andre is a Canadian, disc jockey, poet, critic and editor living in New York City.Andre was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a civil engineer doing wartime work on a military hospital. His mother's father was a newspaperman, Eyton Warburton; he died when Andre was an infant. Andre was...
(born 1946), poet, critic and editor living in the United States - Jeannette ArmstrongJeannette ArmstrongJeannette Armstrong is an Okanagan Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley...
(born 1948), Native American author, educator, artist, and activist - David ArnasonDavid ArnasonDavid Arnason is a Canadian author and poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with his partner Mhari Mackintosh.-Life:...
(born 1940), author and poet - Rod AndersonRod Anderson (writer)Rodney J. Anderson BA is a Canadian poet, musician and Chartered Accountant. After spending decades living in Toronto, he currently lives in Cobourg, Ontario with his wife, Merike Lugus....
(born 1935), poet, musician and Chartered Accountant - Joanne ArnottJoanne ArnottJoanne Arnott is a Canadian Métis writer.Arnott's works are intimate with an activist slant, exploring the issues faced by a mixed-race girl and woman in poverty, the family, danger, love and childbirth...
(born 1960), MétisMétis people (Canada)The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...
poet, essayist, activist writer - Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
(born 1939), poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist - Margaret AvisonMargaret AvisonMargaret Avison, OC was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has often been praised for the beauty of its language and images."-Life:...
(born 1918–2007)
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- Lisa BLisa BLisa B is a political spoken word poet based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Since 2001, she has performed spoken-word poetry at shows around B.C. and in Oregon...
, political spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
poet who has published chapbooks - Ken BabstockKen BabstockKen Babstock is a Canadian poet. He was born in Newfoundland and raised in the Ottawa Valley. Babstock began publishing his poems in journals and anthologies, winning gold at the 1997 Canadian National Magazine Awards...
- Alfred BaileyAlfred BaileyAlfred Goldsworthy Bailey, was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.-Life:...
(1905–1997) poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator - Jacob BaileyJacob BaileyJacob Bailey, , a Church of England clergyman and author, was born in the United States and was married with at least six children...
(1731–1808), a Church of England clergyman and poet born in the United States (colony of New Hampshire), immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779 - Chris BanksChris Banks-Life:Banks' childhood was spent in the small Ontario towns of Stayner, Sioux Lookout, and Bancroft. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph, before moving on to complete a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from Concordia University and later a Bachelor of Education from the...
(born 1970) - Kaushalya BannerjiKaushalya BannerjiKaushalya Bannerji is a Canadian poet.As of c.1993 a resident of Toronto, Kaushalya Bannerji is the daughter of respected activist and intellectual Himani Bannerji. In her article: A Lotus of Another Color, she delved with the cultural complexities sexuality adds to one's sense of self, and...
, native of India - Frances BannermanFrances BannermanFrances Bannerman was a Canadian poet. She was the daughter of Lieutenant-Governor A.G. Jones.Her best-known poem is "An Upper Chamber", which is included in the Oxford Book of English Verse.She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and died in Torquay, England...
- Gary BarwinGary BarwinGary Barwin is a Canadian writer, composer, and performer who lives in Hamilton, Ontario. He writes in a range of genres including poetry, fiction, visual and concrete poetry, music for live performers and computers, text & sound works, and writing for children and young adults...
, author, composer, children's writer and poet - Jalal BarzanjiJalal BarzanjiJalal Barzanji is a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer.He has served on the board of Writers' Union and was Executive Director of Ministry of Culture in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraqi-Kurdistan in 1996 due to an ongoing civil war in Kurdistan...
(born 1953), Kurdish poet and writer living in Canada since 1998 - Shaunt BasmajianShaunt BasmajianShaunt Basmajian was a Canadian poet and author.Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, Basmajian emigrated to Canada when he was seven years old. He was a founder of the Canadian Poetry Association, co-founder of Old Nun Publications , and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry...
(1950–1990), poet and author - Angèle Bassolé-OuédraogoAngèle Bassolé-OuédraogoAngèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo is an Ivoirian born Canadian poet and journalist. She was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and raised in Burkina Faso, and was educated at the University of Ouagadougou...
(born 1967)), Ivoirian born Canadian poet and journalist - Bill BauerBill BauerWilliam Bauer is a U.S.-born poet who immigrated with his wife, Nancy Bauer, to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965.-Works:*A Migration now Largely Forgotten , Fiddlehead*If I Don’t Tell You, No One Else Will , Fiddlehead...
American-born, living in Canada since 1965, husband of Nancy BauerNancy BauerNancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is a Canadian female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines.Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A... - Nancy BauerNancy BauerNancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is a Canadian female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines.Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A...
(born 1934), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, wife of Bill BauerBill BauerWilliam Bauer is a U.S.-born poet who immigrated with his wife, Nancy Bauer, to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965.-Works:*A Migration now Largely Forgotten , Fiddlehead*If I Don’t Tell You, No One Else Will , Fiddlehead... - Doug BeardsleyDoug BeardsleyDoug Beardsley is a Canadian poet and educator. He has collaborated with numerous other writers including Al Purdy, Theresa Kishkan and Charles Lillard....
(born 1941), poet and academic - Nérée BeaucheminNérée BeaucheminCharles-Nérée Beauchemin was a French Canadian poet and physician.He published two volumes of his poetry: Les Floraisons Matutinales in 1897 and Patrie Intime in 1928.-External links:*...
(1850–1931) francophone poet and physician (a man) - Derek BeaulieuDerek BeaulieuDerek Alexander Beaulieu is a Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist.Beaulieu studied contemporary Canadian poetics at the University of Calgary. His work has appeared internationally in small press publications, magazines, and in visual art galleries...
(born 1973) poet, publisher and anthologist. - Joseph-Isidore BédardJoseph-Isidore BédardJoseph-Isidore Bédard was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1806, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He articled in law with Georges-Barthélemi Faribault and was called to the bar in 1829...
(1806–1833), poet, lawyer and politician - Ven BegamudréVen BegamudréVen Begamudré is a Canadian writer. He was born in South India and moved with his family to Canada when he was six. He currently divides his time between western Canada and the island of Bali.-Personal profile:...
, Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist and academic - Henry BeisselHenry BeisselHenry Eric Beissel is a writer and editor who has published 16 volumes of poetry, six books of plays, a non-fiction book on Canada, two anthologies of plays intended for use in high schools, and numerous essays and pieces of short fiction...
(born 1929), poet, author, writer and editor - Ken BelfordKen BelfordKen Belford is a poet from Bemont, Alberta presently living in Prince George, British Columbia. He is known for his prolific chapbook making. Belford has been active in Canadian poetry since the 1960s....
(born 1946) - John BemroseJohn BemroseJohn Bemrose is a Canadian arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright.His arts reviews have appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, the National Post and on CBC Radio....
, arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright - Robbie BenoitRobbie BenoitRobbie Benoit is a Canadian poet and writer. A longtime resident of Whitehorse, Yukon, he is best known for his Tall Yukon Tales.Benoit was born in northwestern Quebec. After moving to the Yukon as a young man, he worked for many years in the mining industry. After a fall down a mineshaft at...
(died 2007), poet and writer - Navtej BharatiNavtej BharatiNavtej Bharati lives in London, Ontario, and has published books in Punjabi and English. He was the publisher of Third Eye Press, whose books covered many genres....
, India native and Canadian resident who has published books, including books of poetry, in Punjabi and English; publisher of Third Eye Press - Jean-Philippe BergeronJean-Philippe BergeronJean-Philippe Bergeron is a Quebec writer and poet. He won the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 2004.-Publications:*Bergeron, Jean-Philippe. Visages de l'affolement: poèmes. Outremont, Québec : Lanctôt, 2003. ISBN 2894852452...
, francophone writer and poet - Craven Langstroth BettsCraven Langstroth Betts- Books by Betts :* The Perfume-Holder 1891* Tales of a Garrison Town New York ; D.D. Merrill, 1892 * A Garland Of Sonnets 1899* Selected Poems Of Craven Langstroth Betts 1916* The Two Captains 1921...
, author and poet - Navtej BharatiNavtej BharatiNavtej Bharati lives in London, Ontario, and has published books in Punjabi and English. He was the publisher of Third Eye Press, whose books covered many genres....
, Punjabi-language poet living in Canada - Robert BillingsRobert BillingsRobert Billings was a Canadian poet and editor.-Biography:Robert Billings was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. His poems and reviews of Canadian poetry have appeared widely in Canada, Britain, and the United States. He held two Masters degrees in English from Queen's and Windsor. He established...
(1949–1986), poet and editor - Earle BirneyEarle BirneyEarle Alfred Birney, OC, FRSC was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.-Life:...
(1904–1995) - bill bissettBill Bissettbill bissett is a Canadian poet famous for his anti-conventional style. He often does not capitalise his name or use capital letters.-Life:...
(born 1939) - Mark BlagraveMark BlagraveMark Blagrave is a Canadian writer, especially of plays and short stories, and Professor of English and Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Huron University College....
(born 1956), writer, short-story writer, playwright, poet and academic - Robin BlaserRobin BlaserRobin Francis Blaser was an author and poet in both the United States and Canada.-Personal background:Born in Denver, Colorado, Blaser grew up in Idaho, and came to Berkeley, California, in 1944. There he met Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan, becoming a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance of...
(born 1925), author and poet (a man) - Laurie BlockLaurie BlockLaurie Block is a Canadian poet and educator. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he studied at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba.-Bibliography:*Governing Bodies - poetry, 1988 ISBN 0-88801-140-7...
(born 1949), a man - E. D. BlodgettE. D. BlodgettEdward Dickinson Blodgett is a Canadian poet, literary critic, and translator who won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1996 for his collection Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano.- Biography :...
(born 1935), poet, literary critic, and translator - Robert BoatesRobert BoatesRobert Boates, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian poet. In 1989 he suffered a head injury which caused brain trauma, damaging the language center of his brain...
(born 1954) - Christian BökChristian BökChristian Bök is an experimental Canadian poet. He is the author of Eunoia, which won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, and which has been said to be "Canada's best-selling poetry book ever."-Life:...
, born "Christian Book" (born 1966), poet and author - Stephanie BolsterStephanie BolsterStephanie Bolster is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University. She was at one point a writer in residence at York House School.-Awards:...
(born 1969), poet and academic - Roo BorsonRoo BorsonRuth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia....
pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson (born 1952), American native living in Canada - Hédi BouraouiHédi BouraouiHédi Bouraoui is a Tunisian/Canadian poet, novelist and academic, who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries....
(born 1932), Tunisian-born Canadian poet, novelist and academic - Arthur BourinotArthur BourinotArthur Stanley Bourinot was a Canadian lawyer, scholar, and poet. "His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, George Frederick Cameron, William E...
(1893–1969), poet and lawyer - George BoweringGeorge BoweringGeorge Harry Bowering, OC, OBC is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He has served as Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate....
(born 1935), novelist, poet, historian, and biographer - Marilyn BoweringMarilyn BoweringMarilyn Bowering is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, and currently lives in Sooke, British Columbia...
(1949), poet, novelist and playwright - Tim BowlingTim BowlingTim Bowling is a Canadian poet. He spent his youth in Ladner, British Columbia, and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta...
(born 1964), poet and novelist - Alex BoydAlex Boyd (author)Alex Boyd is a Canadian poet, essayist, editor, and critic.His essays and articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail, and elsewhere...
, poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist and editor - Kate BraidKate BraidKathleen Braid is a Canadian poet.Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec. Her poetry has won several awards including the Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman and the Vancity Book Prize...
, poet and teacher - Lawrence Ytzhak BraithwaiteLawrence Ytzhak BraithwaiteLawrence Christopher Patrick Braithwaite was a novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer....
(1963–2008), novelist, spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short-story writer - Shannon BramerShannon BramerShannon Bramer is a Canadian poet . Born in Hamilton, Ontario, she attended York University before publishing her first book, suitcases and other poems, which won the Hamilton and Region Arts Council Book Award. Over the next few years, she resided in Guelph, Ontario, where she helped found the...
(born 1973), poet and teacher - Dionne BrandDionne BrandDionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was named Toronto's third Poet Laureate in September 2009.-Biography:...
(born 1953), poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
before moving to Canada - Di BrandtDi BrandtDi Brandt is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.-Biography:...
née "Diana Ruth Janzen" (born 1952), poet and literary critic - Jacques BraultJacques BraultJacques Brault is a French Canadian poet and translator who currently lives in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. He was born to a poor family, but received an excellent education at the Université de Montréal and at the Sorbonne in Paris...
(born 1933), French Canadian poet and translator - Diana BrebnerDiana BrebnerDiana Brebner was a Canadian poet.-Life:She is the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants; she grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec...
(1956–2001) - Brian BrettBrian BrettBrian Brett is a Canadian poet and novelist.He studied literature at Simon Fraser University from 1969 to 1974...
(born 1950), poet and novelist - Elizabeth BrewsterElizabeth BrewsterElizabeth Winifred Brewster, CM is a Canadian poet and academic.Born in Chipman, New Brunswick, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick, a Master of Arts degree from Radcliffe College, a Bachelor of Library Science from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D....
(born 1922), poet and academic - Robert BringhurstRobert BringhurstRobert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type...
(born 1946), poet, typographer and author - David BromigeDavid BromigeDavid Mansfield Bromige is a Canadian poet who resided in northern California from 1962 onward. Bromige published thirty books, each one so different from the others as to seem to be the work of a different author...
(born 1933), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962 - Nicole BrossardNicole BrossardNicole Brossard, O.C. is a leading French Canadian formalist poet and novelist.She lives in Outremont, a former city in Montreal, Quebec. She wrote her first collection in 1965, Aube à la maison. The collection L'Echo bouge beau marks a break in the evolution of her poetry...
(born 1943), francophone poet and novelist - Audrey Alexandra BrownAudrey Alexandra BrownAudrey Alexandra Brown was a Canadian poet.Brown was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia.In 1944, she was the first female poet awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal. In 1967, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to Canadian poetry"...
(1904–1998) - Ronnie R. BrownRonnie R. BrownRonnie R. Brown is a Canadian poet who lives and writes in Ottawa, Ontario.Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Brown has spent most of her adult life in Canada, living first in Montreal and then in Ottawa. She was awarded both the Board of Governors' and the Graduate Students' Award for excellence in...
(born 1946), American native living in Canada for most of her adult life - Robert BuddeRobert BuddeRobert Budde is a Canadian poet and novelist.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he immigrated to Canada in 1970.Budde lives in Prince George, British Columbia and is currently a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia....
(born 1966), poet, novelist and academic - Suzanne BuffamSuzanne BuffamSuzanne Buffam is a Canadian poet, author of two collections of poetry. Her first, Past Imperfect , won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2006. Her second, The Irrationalist , was shortlisted for the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize...
- April BulmerApril BulmerApril Bulmer is a Canadian poet whose poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including Arc, the Malahat Review, Quills, and Ascent Aspirations...
(born 1963) - Mick BurrsMick BurrsMick Burrs is a Canadian poet who currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born and raised in California, and after leaving the United States to avoid the Vietnam War, he spent much of his life in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He won the for a volume of his collected works, "Variations on the Birth of...
- Aaron BushkowskyAaron BushkowskyAaron Bushkowsky is an award-winning Canadian writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He writes in five different genres: poetry, drama, film, TV, and prose...
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- Stephen CainStephen CainStephen Cain is a Canadian poet and academic.In his three books of poetry Cain demonstrates an interest in various poetic forms including sound poetry and concrete poetry, as well as constraint-based writing and procedural poetics...
(born 1970), poet and academic - Alison CalderAlison CalderAlison Calder is a Canadian poet and educator.She was born in England, grew up in Saskatoon, and lives now in Winnipeg, where she teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba...
, poet and academic - Barry CallaghanBarry CallaghanBarry Morley Joseph Callaghan is a Canadian author, poet and anthologist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Exile Quarterly.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the son of late Canadian novelist and short story writer, Morley Callaghan...
(born 1937), author and poet; son of the author Morley CallaghanMorley CallaghanMorley Callaghan, was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, TV and radio personality.-Biography:... - Jason CamlotJason CamlotJason Camlot is a Canadian poet, scholar and songwriter. His first collection of poems, The Animal Library was nominated for the 2000 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, and his co-edited collection of essays, Language Acts: Anglo-Québec Poetry, 1976 to the 21st Century was nominated for the 2007...
(born 1966), poet, scholar and songwriter - Anne CameronAnne CameronAnne Cameron , August 20, 1938 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian novelist, poet, screenwriter and short story writer. Much of her work is inspired by Northwest Coast First Nations mythology and culture....
(born 1938), novelist, poet, screenwriter and short story writer - George Frederick CameronGeorge Frederick CameronGeorge Frederick Cameron was a Canadian poet, lawyer, and journalist, best known for the libretto for the operetta Leo, the Royal Cadet.-Life:...
(24 Sept. 1854 – 17 Sept. 1885), poet, lawyer, and journalist - Wilfred Campbell (1858–1918), poet and Anglican clergyman
- Natalee CapleNatalee CapleNatalee Caple is a Canadian author of novels and poetry who is based at the University of Calgary where she is working on a PhD.As a published author, her latest publication, Mackerel Sky, has enjoyed American distribution...
(born 1970), novelist and poet - Paul CargnelloPaul CargnelloPaul Cargnello is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet whose unique musical repertoire spans punk rock, reggae, blues and folk. Although English is his first language, Cargnello chooses to write and sing in both English and French, with French having gradually come to dominate his lyrics...
(born 1979), Montreal poet, lyricist - Bliss CarmanBliss CarmanBliss Carman FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years....
(1861–1929), poet and critic - Anne CarsonAnne CarsonAnne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator and professor of Classics. Carson lived in Montreal for several years and taught at McGill University, the University of Michigan, and at Princeton University from 1980-1987....
(born 1950), poet, essayist, translator, and academic - William Chapman (1850–1917), poet, journalist and bureaucrat
- Jean CharbonneauJean CharbonneauJean Charbonneau was a French-Canadian poet who was the main founder of the Montreal Literary School....
(1875–1960), francophone poet who was the primary founder of the Montreal Literary School - Herménégilde ChiassonHerménégilde Chiasson-External links:* entry in *...
(born 1946), Acadian poet, playwright, journalist, academic and the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Robert ChoquetteRobert ChoquetteRobert Guy Choquette, was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.He's the father of Nathalie Choquette.He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914....
(1905–1991), novelist, poet and, briefly, (1968–1970) a diplomat - Lesley ChoyceLesley ChoyceLesley Choyce is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, and poetry.Born in Riverside Township, New Jersey, he was educated at Rutgers University, CUNY, and Montclair State University...
(born 1951), novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic who founded Pottersfield Press and hosts the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979 - Margaret ChristakosMargaret ChristakosMargaret Christakos is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto.-Life:Christakos was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. Christakos received her B.F.A. in Visual Arts from York University in 1985. She lived in Montreal from 1985 to 1987, settling in Toronto in 1988. She went on to pursue an M.A...
(born 1962), poet and university writing teacher - Evie ChristieEvie ChristieEvie Christie is a Canadian poet and author. Her works includes the poetry collection Gutted and her debut novel, The Bourgeois Empire both published by ECW Press. She currently lives in Toronto.-References:...
(born 1979) - Dave ClarkDave Clark (Canadian musician)-Biography:Clark is a respected studio musician and live performer, and has collaborated with such artists as Charles Spearin, Gord Downie, The Inbreds, Jane Siberry, Julie Doiron, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He is perhaps best known for playing drums in the indie rock band Rheostatics from 1980–1995...
, musician who published a book of poetry - George Elliott ClarkeGeorge Elliott ClarkeGeorge Elliott Clarke, OC is a Canadian poet and playwright. His work largely explores and chronicles the experience and history of the Black Canadian community of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography that Clarke refers to as "Africadia".-Life:Born to William and Geraldine...
(born 1960), poet and playwright. - Wayne CliffordWayne CliffordWayne Clifford is a Canadian poet.Clifford began writing poetry at fourteen. His first collection, Man in a Window , was the first volume published by Canadian literary publisher, Coach House Press. As a student at the University of Toronto , he shared the E.J.Pratt Prize with Michael Ondaatje...
(born 1944) - Fred CogswellFred CogswellFred Cogswell, CM was a Canadian poet.Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick he served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. A teacher at the age of sixteen, Cogswell gained a BA and MA at the University of New Brunswick and received a PhD from Edinburgh University...
(1917–2004) - Leonard CohenLeonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
(1934), singer-songwriter, musician, published poet and novelist - Matt Cohen, 1942–1999), writer and poet
- Don ColesDon ColesDonald L. Coles, also known as Don Coles, is a Canadian poet and a novelist. Coles won the 1993 Governor General's Award for English poetry for his collection Forests of the Medieval World and the Trillium Book Award in 2000 for his collection Kurgan.Don Coles was born on April 12, 1927, in...
(born 1928), poet, author and academic - John Robert ColomboJohn Robert ColomboJohn Robert Colombo, CM is nationally known as the Master Gatherer. He is among Canada's most prolific authors of serious books...
(born 1936), poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist - Anne ComptonAnne Compton-Biography:Compton was born and raised in the farming community of Bangor, Prince Edward Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island, her Masters from York University and finally her PhD from the University of New Brunswick. Dr...
(born 1947), poet, critic, and anthologist - Wayde ComptonWayde ComptonWayde Compton is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.Compton has published two books of poetry, one book of essays, and edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co-founded Commodore Books with David Chariandy and Karina Vernon in...
(born 1972), poet, writer, turntable-based "sound poetry" performer, academic who co-founded Commodore BooksCommodore BooksCommodore Books is the first Black Canadian literary press in Western Canada. Founded in 2006 by Wayde Compton, Karina Vernon and David Chariandy, this press is dedicated to publishing work relevant to blacks in Canada....
, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada - Jan ConnJan ConnJan E. Conn is a Canadian geneticist and poet. She resides in Great Barrington, Massachusetts where she does research on mosquito genetics at the Wadsworth Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York State Department of Health in Albany, New York. She has also written six books of...
(born 1952), geneticist and poet living in the United States - Karen ConnellyKaren ConnellyKaren Marie Connelly is a Canadian writer and poet who has written extensively about her experiences living in Greece, Thailand and Canada.-Life and work:...
(born 1969), writer and poet - Kevin ConnollyKevin Connolly (writer)-Biography:Kevin Connolly is a Canadian poet, free-lance editor and critic who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi and grew up in Maple, Ontario. Connolly has served as an editor for presses such as ECW Press, House of Anansi Press and Coach House Press...
- Dennis CooleyDennis CooleyDennis Cooley is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he teaches at the University of Manitoba.He is originally from Estevan, Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Manitoba.-Bibliography:...
(born 1944), poet and academic - Afua CooperAfua CooperAfua Cooper is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian, author and dub poet.-Biography:Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Cooper grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and migrated to Toronto in 1980. She holds a Ph.D. in African-Canadian history with specialties in slavery and abolition...
, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n-born historian and dub poet - Paulo da Costa Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator
- Dani CoutureDani coutureDanielle Couture is a Canadian writer.Couture was born on a military base to a Francophone father and an Anglophone mother, both of whom were enlisted in the Canadian Forces. She has lived in ten cities, including North Bay, Vancouver, Windsor and Taichung, Taiwan...
(born 1978), poet, essayist, critic and journalist - Thomas CowherdThomas CowherdThomas C. Cowherd was a Canadian tinsmith and poet.Cowherd was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England. He apprenticed as a tinsmith from age 13 to 20 in England. His family immigrated to Canada in 1837...
(1817–1907), tinsmith and poet - Isabella Valancy CrawfordIsabella Valancy CrawfordIsabella Valancy Crawford was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer....
(1850–1887), poet, novelist and short-story writer - Octave CrémazieOctave CrémazieOctave Crémazie was a French Canadian poet. He has been called "the father of French Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse, often rhetorical in style, celebrating such subjects as Montcalm's defence of Fort Carillon in "Le drapeau de Carillon"...
(1827–1879), francophone poet who has been called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse - Lynn CrosbieLynn CrosbieLynn Crosbie is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches the University of Toronto.-Life and career:Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario....
(born 1963), poet and novelist - Lorna CrozierLorna CrozierLorna Crozier is a Canadian poet and holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria....
began writing under the name "Lorna Uher" (born 1948) - Michael CrummeyMichael CrummeyMichael Crummey is a Canadian poet and writer.Born in Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Crummey grew up there and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family in the late 1970s. He began to write poetry while studying at Memorial University in St. John's, where he received a B.A. in...
(born 1965), poet and writer. - Julie CryslerJulie CryslerJulie Crysler is a Canadian journalist and a published poet. In 1996 she was voted Montreal's second-best poet. She was the editor of This Magazine from 2000 to 2004, and is currently a producer for CBC Radio One.- References :...
, journalist and poet - jwcurry, John Curry (born 1959), poet, publisher and bookseller
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- Cyril DabydeenCyril DabydeenCyril Dabydeen is a writer who was born in the Canje, Guyana, a locality which also produced his contemporaries Arnold Itwaru and Jan Shinebourne.He grew up in a sugar plantation with the sense of Indian indenture rooted in his family background Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945) is a writer who was born...
(born 1945), native Guyana poet and writer living in Canada - Kalli DakosKalli DakosKalli Dakos is a Canadian children's poet and teacher. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario and graduated from Queen's University, earning BAH and BEd degrees.-Bibliography:...
(born 1950), children's poet and teacher - Mary DaltonMary DaltonMary Dalton is a Canadian poet and educator. She is currently a Professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's. She was born at Lake View, Conception Bay, Newfoundland in the 1950s....
, poet and academic - Joseph A. DandurandJoseph A. DandurandJoseph A. Dandurand is a Kwantlen Indian from Kwantlen First Nation in British Columbia. He is a poet, playwright, and archaeologist...
, Native American poet, playwright, and archaeologist - Beverley DaurioBeverley DaurioBeverley Daurio is a Canadian writer and editor. Formerly editor-in-chief of Poetry Canada Review and editor and publisher of Paragraph: the Canadian Fiction Review, she is currently editor-in-chief of The Mercury Press...
(born 1953) - Frank DaveyFrank DaveyFrankland Wilmot Davey is a Canadian poet and scholar.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he grew up in the Fraser Valley village of Abbotsford. In 1957 he enrolled at the University of British Columbia where, in 1961, shortly after receiving his BA, he became one of the founding editors of the...
(born 1940), poet and academic - Nicholas Flood DavinNicholas Flood DavinNicholas Flood Davin Nicholas Flood Davin was a lawyer, journalist and politician, born at Kilfinane, Ireland. The first MP for Assiniboia West , Davin was known as the voice of the North-West....
(1840–1901), lawyer, journalist, politician and poet - Tanya DavisTanya DavisTanya Davis is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her style is marked primarily by spoken word poetry set to music.-Background:...
, spoken word poet and musician - Tom DaweTom DaweTom Dawe is a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Born in Long Pond, Manuels, Conception Bay, Dawe has written poetry and children's literature for many years. He is also a visual artist...
(born 1940), writer, poet, children's book author, artist - Adriana de BarrosAdriana de BarrosAdriana Aleixo Pereira de Barros is a Portuguese and Canadian illustrator, web designer, and poet.Since 1999, de Barros has created visual poems that combine various disciplines: writing, designing and drawing, sound editing, and filmmaking...
(born 1976), PortuguesePortuguese poetry-History:The earliest Portuguese poetry was produced in Galicia, today a Spanish province that shares some similarities with Portuguese culture. Like the troubadour culture in the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe, Galician-Portuguese poets sang the love for a woman, that often turned into...
native who moved to Canada at age 3; illustrator, web designer and poet - James DeahlJames DeahlJames Deahl is a Canadian poet and publisher.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Deahl grew up in the city and in and around the Laurel Highlands region of the Appalachian Mountains. He moved to Canada in 1970 and holds dual American/Canadian citizenship...
(born 1945), moved to Canada from the United States in 1970 and a citizen of both countries; poet, academic and publisher of Unfinished Monument PressUnfinished Monument PressUnfinished Monument Press was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1978 by Chris Faiers. It is presently operating out of Hamilton, Ontario under the editorship of James Deahl.Books it has published include:*Dominion Day in Jail, Chris Faiers...
; founding member of the Canadian Poetry AssociationCanadian Poetry AssociationThe Canadian Poetry Association began as a grass-roots organization dedicated to promoting the reading, writing, publishing and preservation of poetry in Canada through the individual efforts of members; promoting communication among poets, publishers and the general public; encouraging leadership... - Shawna Dempsey and Lorri MillanShawna Dempsey and Lorri MillanShawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan are a Canadian performance art duo, who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects since 1989...
, performance art duo who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects since 1989 - Barry DempsterBarry DempsterBarry Edward Dempster is a Canadian poet and novelist.Dempster was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario.Two of his collections, Fables For Isolated Men and The Burning Alphabet , were nominated for Governor General's Awards...
(born 1952), poet and novelist - Michelle DesbaratsMichelle DesbaratsMichelle Desbarats is a Canadian poet.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she lives in Ottawa, Ontario.Desbarats was a finalist in the CBC/Saturday Night National Poetry Contest. In 1998, her first book of poetry, Last Child to Come Inside, was published by Carleton University Press...
- Christopher DewdneyChristopher DewdneyChristopher Dewdney is a Canadian writer and poet.He was born in London, Ontario, and presently lives in Toronto, where he is a professor at York University. He is the long-time partner of writer Barbara Gowdy. Winner of the 2007 Harbourfront Festival Prize, he is the author of four books of...
(born 1951), poet, writer, artist, creative writing teacher and writer in residence at various universities - Ann DiamondAnn DiamondAnn Diamond is a Canadian poet, short story writer and novelist.-Short Stories:* "Snakebite" * "Evil Eye" -See also:*List of Canadian poets*Geist...
(born 1951), an award-winning Montreal poet, novelist and short-story writer - Pier Giorgio Di CiccoPier Giorgio Di CiccoPier Giorgio Di Cicco is an Italian-Canadian poet. In 2005 he became the second Poet Laureate of Toronto.Born in Arezzo, Italy, his family immigrated to Canada in 1952. Di Cicco was brought up in several North American cities, among them Baltimore, Maryland, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario....
(born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet and priest - Mary di MicheleMary di MicheleMary di Michele is a Canadian poet and author. She lives in Montreal, Quebec and teaches creative writing at Concordia University.-Works:*Tree of August - 1978*Bread and Chocolate - 1980...
(born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet, author and creative writing teacher - Robert DicksonRobert Dickson (writer)Robert Dickson was a Canadian poet, translator and academic.Dickson formerly worked as a professor for le Département d'études françaises et de traduction at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario...
(1944–2007), poet, translator and academic. - Kildare DobbsKildare DobbsKildare Robert Eric Dobbs, is a Canadian short story and travel writer.Born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, he was educated in Ireland and later spent 5 years in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. After the war he worked in the British Colonial Service in Tanganyka...
(born 1923), Indian-born teacher, poet, editor, short-story writer and travel writer who moved to Canada in 1950 - Jeramy DoddsJeramy DoddsJeramy Dodds is a Canadian poet.Born in Ajax, Ontario, Dodds grew up in Orono, Ontario. He studied English Literature and Anthropology at Trent University, Medieval Icelandic Studies at The University of Iceland, and has worked as a research archaeologist in Canada...
- Don DomanskiDon DomanskiDon Rusu Domanski is a Canadian poet who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Domanski was born and raised on Cape Breton Island. Published and reviewed internationally, his work has been translated into Czechoslovakian, Portuguese, and Spanish...
(born 1950) - Magie DominicMagie DominicMagie Dominic is a Canadian poet and artist who was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. She studied at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, New School University, Franklin Furnace, and Open Theatre....
(born 1944), poet and artist - Jeffery DonaldsonJeffery DonaldsonJeffery Donaldson is a Canadian poet and critic.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Donaldson was educated at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He teaches American literature, poetry, and creative writing in the English Department at McMaster University. He lives on the Niagara Escarpment near...
, poet and critic - David DonnellDavid DonnellDavid Donnell Donnell moved to Toronto in 1958 before publishing his first book. Poems , During this period Donnell frequented the Bohemian Embassy, where Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Milton Acorn, and other poets estabhsh their reputations...
(born 1939), poet and writer - Candas Dorsey (born 1952), poet and science fiction novelist
- Clive DoucetClive DoucetClive Doucet is a Canadian writer and politician.Doucet was born in 1946 in London, England to an Acadian serviceman and an English war bride. Doucet grew up in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. He also spent some of his youth in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Doucet was raised as a Catholic,...
(born 1946), writer poet, and politician - Gordon DownieGordon DownieGordon Edgar Downie is a Canadian rock musician, writer and occasional actor. He is the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. He has released three solo albums, Coke Machine Glow in 2001, Battle of the Nudes in 2003; and The Grand Bounce in 2010...
(born 1964), song writer, poet and musician - Orville Lloyd DouglasOrville Lloyd DouglasOrville Lloyd Douglas is a Canadian, feminist, poet, and writer.-Biography:Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican-Canadian parents. He graduated from York University with two Bachelor of Arts degrees. He completed his first Bachelor's degree in History and the second...
(born 1976), poet and writer - William Henry DrummondWilliam Henry DrummondWilliam Henry Drummond was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and loved poets" in Canada....
(1854–1907) IrishIrish poetryThe history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
-born Canadian poet - Louis DudekLouis DudekLouis Dudek, OC was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books...
(1918–2001) poet, literary critic and publisher - Marilyn DumontMarilyn DumontMarilyn Dumont is a Canadian poet of Cree/Métis descent.Born in northeastern Alberta, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont. An educator and writer, Dumont holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her work is widely anthologized....
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- Evelyn EatonEvelyn EatonEvelyn Sybil Mary Eaton was a Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet and academic known for her early novels set in New France, and later writings which explored the spirituality of the western Amerindian peoples....
(1902–1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet and academic - Vic EliasVic EliasVic Elias was a poet who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and emigrated to Canada in 1979. Settling in London, Ontario, he was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario. He was also an Affiliate Member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo,...
(1948–2006), American-born, living in Canada from 1979, poet and academic - Ronda EllerRonda EllerRonda Eller is a Canadian poet whose poems have appeared in several print and online publications. Under her Haijin name "Kinshu Ori", she has also published haiku in publications such as Canadian Zen Haiku. She has been praised by fellow Canadian poet Penn Kemp as "a New Formalist".Ronda is a...
- David ElliottDavid Elliott (poet)David Elliott was a Canadian poet.Born in Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Elliott grew up in a number of Newfoundland fishing outports, but spent most of his youth in Campbellton, Notre Dame Bay. He left school at age fifteen to become a telegraph operator and later served in World War II...
(1923–1999), poet and academic - Rebecca ElsonRebecca ElsonRebecca Anne Wood Elson was a Canadian-American astronomer and writer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, as a teenager Elson often travelled Canada with her geologist father as he performed field research. She earned a bachelor's degree from Smith College, a master's degree from the University of British...
(1960–1999), Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer and poet - Reuben EppReuben EppReuben Epp is an author of works in Plautdietsch . His parents were Russian Mennonites who emigrated from Russia to Canada, where Epp was born. Epp was educated as a mechanic and became an instructor at a vocational school for mechanics. Later he became the director of a vocational school in...
(born 1920) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in PlautdietschPlautdietschPlautdietsch, or Mennonite Low German, was originally a Low Prussian variety of East Low German, with Dutch influence, that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia, today Polish territory. The word is another pronunciation of Plattdeutsch, or Low German...
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- Chris FaiersChris FaiersChris Faiers is a librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press.-Biography:Born in Hamilton, Ontario, his family emigrated to the southern United States when he was six. Although a Canadian citizen by birth, he was eligible for the draft for the Vietnam War as a resident alien...
(born 1948), librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument PressUnfinished Monument PressUnfinished Monument Press was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1978 by Chris Faiers. It is presently operating out of Hamilton, Ontario under the editorship of James Deahl.Books it has published include:*Dominion Day in Jail, Chris Faiers...
, which he founded in 1978 - Margaret FairleyMargaret FairleyMargaret Adele Keeling Fairley was a Canadian writer, educator, and political activist.She was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
(1885–1968), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist - Brian FawcettBrian FawcettBrian Fawcett is a Canadian writer and cultural analyst who currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.He was born and raised in Prince George, in northwest British Columbia, and graduated from Simon Fraser University as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Before becoming a full time writer, he worked as an urban...
(born 1944), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer - Charles FenertyCharles FenertyCharles Fenerty , is a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint. Fenerty was also a poet...
(c.1821–1982), Canadian poet, journalist, and inventor. Published two poems in book format in 1855 and 1866, and wrote over 32 poems (mostly published in local newspapers). - FerronFerronFerron, born Debby Foisy on , is a Canadian folk singer/songwriter and poet. In addition to being one of Canada's most famous folk musicians, she is one of the most influential writers and performers of women's music, and an important influence on later musicians such as Ani DiFranco, Mary Gauthier...
, born Debby Foisy (1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet - George FetherlingGeorge FetherlingDouglas George Fetherling is a Canadian poet, novelist, journalist and essayist. One of the most prolific figures in Canadian letters, he has written and edited more than fifty books, including more than a dozen volumes of poetry, two novels, and a multi-volume memoir...
, wrote as "Doug Feathering" or "Douglas Fetherling" until 1999 when he began using his middle name (born 1949), American-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen - Robert FinchRobert Finch (poet)Robert Duer Claydon Finch was a Canadian poet and academic. He twice won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, for his poetry.-Life:...
(1900–1995), poet and academic whose area of expertise was French poetryFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:... - Joan FinniganJoan FinniganJoan Helen Finnigan was a Canadian writer and poet. She won a Genie Award for Best Screenplay in 1969. She wrote over 30 books, many of them oral histories of the Ottawa Valley.-Personal life:...
(1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter - Jon Paul FiorentinoJon Paul FiorentinoJon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he currently teaches at Concordia University, is editor-in-chief of Matrix magazine and founded Snare Books , a Canadian publishing Company....
, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of Matrix magazine - Judith FitzgeraldJudith FitzgeraldJudith Ariana Fitzgerald is a Canadian poet and journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended York University . The award-winning poet, critic, and cultural commentarian published her first poem October 1970...
(born 1952), poet and journalist - Robert FordRobert Ford (poet)Robert Arthur Douglas Ford, was a Canadian poet, translator and diplomat.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former London Free Press Editor-in Chief and University of Western Ontario Chancellor Arthur Ford, he received his B.A. in history and English in 1937 from the University of Western...
(1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat - Raymond FraserRaymond FraserRaymond Fraser is a Canadian author.Born in Chatham, New Brunswick, Fraser attended St Thomas University where in his freshman year he played on the varsity hockey and football teams, and in his junior year was co-editor with John Brebner of the student literary magazine Tom-Tom...
(born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor - Louis-Honoré FréchetteLouis-Honoré FréchetteLouis-Honoré Fréchette, , was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright, and short story writer.-Biography:...
(1839–1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer - Patrick FriesenPatrick FriesenPatrick Frank Friesen is a Canadian author. He has written many works, from poetry to stage plays. He began his works in 1970, writing books of poetry. This Canadian poet, who was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, studied at the University of Manitoba. While there, he received a Bachelor of Arts ...
(born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher - Mark FrutkinMark FrutkinMark Frutkin is a Canadian novelist and poet. He has published seven books of fiction and three books of poetry, as well as a work of non-fiction...
(born 1948), American-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister
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- Radovan GajićRadovan GajicRadovan Gajić is a Serbian-Canadian poet, writer, and superintendent.Radovan was born in 1953 in Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian Serb parents. He graduated from the University of Belgrade where he was awarded a degree in Art History. In 1985, he moved to Canada. Gajić has written many...
(born 1953), native Yugoslavian Serb living in Canada since 1985 - Keith GarebianKeith GarebianKeith Garebian is a Canadian critic, editor, biographer, and poet.Born in Bombay, India, to an Armenian father and Anglo-Indian mother, he immigrated to Canada in 1961...
(born 1943), critic, editor, biographer, and poet - François-Xavier GarneauFrançois-Xavier GarneauFrançois-Xavier Garneau was a nineteenth century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.Born in Quebec City, Garneau argued that Conquest was a tragedy, the consequence...
(1809–1866), French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and historian - Hector de Saint-Denys GarneauHector de Saint-Denys GarneauHector de Saint-Denys Garneau was a French Canadian poet and painter, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s." He has been called Quebec's "first truly modern poet."-Life:...
(1912–1943), first modernist French Canadian poet - Bill GastonBill GastonBill Gaston is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer.Gaston grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia....
(born 1953), novelist, playwright, short-story writer and poet - Antoine Gérin-LajoieAntoine Gérin-LajoieAntoine Gérin-Lajoie was a Québécois Canadian poet and novelist. He was the author of the famous poem Un Canadien Errant . He was the father of the sociologist Leon Gérin.- External links :*...
(1824–1882), French Canadian poet and novelist - Marty GervaisMarty GervaisCharles Henry "Marty" Gervais is a Canadian poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press.Gervais has also published plays, children's books, non-fiction and, a book of photography, A Show of Hands: Boxing on the Border...
(born 1946), poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press - Angus Morrison GidneyAngus Morrison GidneyAngus Morrison Gidney was a Canadian educator, poet and journalist.He was born in Jemseg, New Brunswick, the son of Joshua Gidney and Phoebe Morrison. The family settled on a farm near Bridgetown, Nova Scotia while he was still young...
(1803–1882), educator, poet and journalist - Charles Ignace Adélard GillCharles Ignace Adélard GillCharles Ignace Adélard Gill was a Canadian artist, specialising in poetry and painting. He also worked under the alternate names Clairon and Léon Duval....
(1871–1918), painter and poet - John GlasscoJohn GlasscoJohn Glassco was a Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist. "Glassco will be remembered for his brilliant autobiography, his elegant, classical poems, and for his translations." He is also remembered by some for his pornography.-Life:Born in Montreal to a well-off merchant family, John Glassco was...
(1909–1981), poet, memoirist and novelist - Jacques GodboutJacques GodboutJacques Godbout, CQ is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler , Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.-Biography:Born in...
(born 1933), novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet - Gérald GodinGérald GodinGérald Godin was a Quebec poet and politician.Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he worked as a journalist at La Presse and other newspapers and magazines...
(1938–1994), French Canadian poet and politician - Oliver GoldsmithOliver Goldsmith (Canadian poet)Oliver Goldsmith was a Canadian poet born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. He is best known for The Rising Village, which appeared in 1825. It was at once the first book-length poem published by a native English-Canadian and the first book-length publication in England by a Canadian poet...
(1794-1861) - Leona GomLeona GomLeona Gom is a Canadian poet and novelist. Born on an isolated farm in northern Alberta, she received her B.Ed. and M.A. from the University of Alberta in Edmonton...
(born 1946), novelist and poet - Katherine L. GordonKatherine L. GordonKatherine L. Gordon is a Canadian poet with numerous publications to her credit. She lives and writes in the Eramosa River valley near Guelph, Ontario, and also works as an editor, independent publisher and literary critic...
- Phyllis GotliebPhyllis GotliebPhyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom BA, MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.Born of Jewish heritage in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 and 1950 .The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel, Sunburst...
(born 1926), science fiction novelist and poet - Sue Goyette (born 1964), poet and novelist
- Neile GrahamNeile GrahamNeile Graham is a Canadian poet and scholar. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently lives in Seattle in the United States.Neile Graham serves as the program administrator for both the Ph.D...
(born 1958), poet and academic - Alain GrandboisAlain GrandboisAlain Grandbois, was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one.Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man, his work combined the themes of exploring the secrets of the world and studying human destiny, the writing and...
(1900–1975), French Canadian poet - Richard GreeneRichard Greene (writer)Richard Greene is a Canadian poet. His book Boxing the Compass won the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
- Leslie GreentreeLeslie GreentreeLeslie Greentree is a Canadian poet.Born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, she was educated at the University of Lethbridge, from which she received Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees....
, poet, short-story writer and freelance writer - Andreas GrippAndreas GrippAndreas Gripp is a Canadian poet and the author of 13 books of poetry and 12 chapbooks.Born in London, Ontario, he entered the literary field as editor and publisher of Afterthoughts, a poetry journal that existed from 1994 to 2000. His first chapbook appeared in 1999 and his first full-length...
(born 1964) - Ralph GustafsonRalph GustafsonRalph Barker Gustafson, CM was a Canadian poet and professor at Bishop's University.- Biography :He was born in Lime Ridge, near Dudswell, Quebec on August 16, 1909. His mother was British, his father Swedish. He was educated at Bishop's University, earning a B.A...
(1909–1995), poet and academic - Genni GunnGenni GunnGenni Gunn is a Canadian novelist, poet, and translator.Born in Trieste, Italy, she currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gunn has a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia...
(born 1949), novelist, poet, and translator - Gregory Wm. GunnGregory Wm. GunnGregory Wm. Gunn is a Canadian poet of the New Formalist tradition. He is the author of four collections of poetry and has poems published in several print and online publications, including recent work in The Toronto Quarterly and Inscribed magazine.He moved to London, Ontario in 1970...
- Kristjana GunnarsKristjana GunnarsKristjana Gunnars is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. Her volumes of poetry include Settlement Poems, which focuses on 19th century Icelandic settlers in Manitoba, and One-Eyed Moon Maps.-External links:...
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- Paul HainesPaul Haines (poet)Paul Haines was a poet and jazz lyricist. Born in Vassar, Michigan, Haines eventually settled in Canada, after spending time in Europe, India, New York City, as well as a long stint as a French Teacher at Fenelon Falls Secondary School, in Ontario, Canada.Haines's best-known work is Escalator over...
(1933–2003), poet and jazz lyricist, born in the United States and later a Canadian resident - Phil HallPhil Hall (poet)Phil Hall is a Canadian poet. He was raised on farms in the Kawarthas region of Ontario. His most recent book of poems is An Oak Hunch.-Education:Hall holds an M.A. in creative writing from the University of Windsor.-Career:...
(born 1953), poet, academic and publisher of broadsides and chapboooks under the Flat Singles Press imprint since 1976 - Jane Eaton HamiltonJane Eaton HamiltonJane Eaton Hamilton is a Canadian short story writer, poet and photographer.-Overview:Hamilton has published two books of poetry, Body Rain and Steam-Cleaning Love and two volumes of short fiction July Nights and Other Stories, and Hunger, , and two other books...
(born 1954), short-story writer, poet and photographer - Claire HarrisClaire HarrisFor the science fiction author, see Clare Winger HarrisClaire Harris is a Canadian poet who lives in Calgary, Alberta....
(born 1937) - Michael HarrisMichael Harris (writer)Michael Harris is a Canadian poet and translator. His book Circus is a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
- Sharon HarrisSharon Harris (writer)Sharon Harris is a Canadian writer, visual artist and photographer.Avatar, her collection of poetry and visuals, explores technology, spirituality and gender issues in a wide range of forms including found poems, concrete poetry, and ’Pataphysics.Harris is also known for her art and documentary...
(born 1972), writer, poet, artist and photographer - Richard HarrisonRichard Harrison (poet)Richard Harrison is a Canadian poet and essayist, and winner of the City of Calgary Book Prize.His fourth book of poetry, Big Breath of a Wish , was nominated for a Governor General's Award....
- Paul HartalPaul HartalPaul Hartal is a Canadian painter and poet, born in Szeged, Hungary. He has created the term "Lyrical Conceptualism" to characterize his style in both painting and poetry, and has created a manifesto to describe his thesis....
(born 1936), painter and poet, born Hungary - Jill HartmanJill HartmanJill Hartman is a Canadian poet and editor.Hartman was born in Calgary, Alberta. Her first book of poetry, A Painted Elephant, was published by Coach House Books in 2003 and was shortlisted for the League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Memorial Award as well as the Writer’s Guild of Alberta...
(born 1974 in poetry), poet and editor - Elisabeth HarvorElisabeth HarvorErica Elisabeth Arendt Harvor is a Canadian novelist and poet who lives in Ottawa, Ontario.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the daughter of Danish immigrants who made pottery by hand, Harvour grew up in Saint John and on the Kingston Peninsula. She married Stig Harvor in 1957. The couple had...
(née Deichman) (born 1936), novelist and poet - Robert HaymanRobert HaymanRobert Hayman was a poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland.-Early life and education:...
(1575–1629), poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland - Charles HeavysegeCharles HeavysegeCharles Heavysege was a Canadian poet and dramatist. "He was one of the first serious poets to emerge in Canada, and his play Saul was hailed on its appearance as the greatest verse drama in English since the time of Shakespeare." -Life and Writing:Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England,...
(1816–1876) - Anne HébertAnne HébertAnne Hébert, CC, OQ , was a Canadian author and poet. She is a descendant of famed French-Canadian historian Francois-Xavier Garneau, "and has carried on the family literary tradition spectacularly."...
(1916–2000), French-Canadian novelist and poet - Allison Hedge CokeAllison Hedge CokeAllison Adelle Hedge Coke is an American Book Award-winning American/Canadian poet of mixed Wendat/Huron/Metis/Tsalagi/ Creek/French Canadian/Portuguese/Irish/Scot/English ancestry.-Background:...
1958), poet, writer, artist, activist and academic - Wilfrid HeighingtonWilfrid HeighingtonWilfrid Heighington was a Canadian soldier, writer, lawyer and politician. For King and Empire Canada's Soldiers in the Great War...
(1897–1945), soldier, writer, poet lawyer and politician - Steven HeightonSteven HeightonSteven Heighton is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. He is the author of ten books, including two short story collections, three novels, and five poetry collections...
(born 1961), novelist and poet - David HelwigDavid HelwigDavid Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist and essayist.David Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where his father ran a small business repairing and refinishing furniture and...
(born 1938), poet, novelist and essayist; father of Maggie HelwigMaggie HelwigMaggie Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist and social justice activist.-Academic career:Her early education was at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Kingston, Ontario, graduating in 1979, then at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, where she graduated with an honours B.A... - Maggie HelwigMaggie HelwigMaggie Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist and social justice activist.-Academic career:Her early education was at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Kingston, Ontario, graduating in 1979, then at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, where she graduated with an honours B.A...
(born 1961), poet, novelist, peace and human rights activist; daughter of David HelwigDavid HelwigDavid Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist and essayist.David Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where his father ran a small business repairing and refinishing furniture and... - Brian HendersonBrian Henderson (poet)Brian Henderson is a Canadian writer and poet whose book of poetry Nerve Language was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 2007.-Biography:...
(born 1948), poet, academic and editor - Robert HillesRobert HillesRobert Hilles is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives on Salt Spring Island with his partner, novelist Pearl Luke.Born in Kenora, Ontario, Hilles studied at the University of Calgary, earning a BA in Psychology and English in 1976...
(born 1951), poet and novelist - Clive HoldenClive HoldenClive Holden is a Canadian multimedia artist and poet from Victoria, British Columbia, he is currently living in Toronto with his wife, writer Alissa York....
- Emily HoltonEmily HoltonEmily Holton is a Canadian writer and artist.- Awards :Little Lessons in Safety was nominated in 2008 for a "Pigskin Peters" Doug Wright Award...
- Cornelia HooglandCornelia HooglandCornelia Hoogland is a Canadian poet. She is currently a professor at the University of Western Ontario and lives in London, Ontario. However, she attributes her childhood on densely wooded Vancouver Island, B.C....
(born 1952), poet and academic - Sean HorlorSean HorlorSean Horlor is a Canadian poet, actor, television producer, columnist and blogger. He is the author of Made Beautiful by Use , published by Signature Editions, and co-host/associate producer of Don't Quit Your Gay Job, an original Canadian comedy television series that premiered on OUTtv in...
(born 1981) poet, former speechwriter, freelance writing consultant - Harry HowithHarry Howith- History :Born in Ontario, Harry Howith received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa. He later became an English instructor at Centennial College, Toronto.-Bibliography:*Burglar Tools. Ottawa: Bytown, 1963....
(born 1934) - Ray HsuRay Hsu- Biography :Hsu grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He received an Honours B.A. and an M.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in English Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While completing his Ph.D., he taught for over two years at Oakhill...
, poet and academic - Helen HumphreysHelen HumphreysHelen Humphreys is a Canadian poet and novelist who has written several books. She was born in London, England, and now lives in Kingston, Ontario. When she was younger she was kicked out of high school and had to attend an alternative school to finish her education...
(born 1961), poet and novelist - Al HunterAl HunterAl Hunter is an Anishinaabe writer who has published poetry in books and journals, taught extensively, and performed internationally. A member of Rainy River First Nations and former chief, Hunter has expertise in land claims negotiations, and is a longstanding activist on behalf of indigenous...
poet, author, tribal leader, activist - Aislinn HunterAislinn HunterAislinn Hunter BFA, MFA is a Canadian poetry and fiction author. She is married and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia....
(born 1969), poet and author - Bruce Hunter (born 1952), teacher, poet and fiction writer
- Catherine HunterCatherine HunterCatherine Hunter is a Canadian poet, novelist, editor, professor and critic.Hunter received a BA from the University of Winnipeg and an MA and PhD from the University of Victoria...
(born in 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic and critic - Chris Hutchinson (born 1972)
- Douglas Smith HuyghueDouglas Smith HuyghueDouglas Smith Huyghue was a Canadian and Australian poet, fiction writer, essayist, and artist.-Biography:Born April 23, 1816, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to an impoverished British lieutenant, it is believed Douglas Smith Huyghue was educated at the Saint John Grammar School...
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- Susan IoannouSusan IoannouSusan Ioannou is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto, Ontario. She was previously an English teacher at Bloor Collegiate Institute, for six years during the 1970s...
(born 1944) - Frances ItaniFrances ItaniFrances Susan Itani is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist.Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario and grew up in Quebec. She studied nursing in Montreal and North Carolina, a profession which she taught and practised for eight years. However, after enrolling in a writing class taught by W. O...
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- Suzanne JacobSuzanne JacobSuzanne Jacob is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic.Born in the town of Amos, in the Abitibi region of Québec, she studied classics at the Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Nicolet, and also attended classes at the "Atelier de theatre" and the "École de...
(born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic - JemeniJemeni (singer)Joanne Gairy, better known by her stage name Jemeni, is an actress, writer, activist, broadcaster and community worker. She was born in Grenada, but grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario and now lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She studied Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson University, Toronto.She...
- Paulette JilesPaulette JilesPaulette Jiles-Johnson is an American-born Canadian poet and novelist. Born in Salem, Missouri, she was educated at the University of Illinois in Spanish literature...
(born 1943), American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969 - Rita JoeRita JoeRita Joe, was a Mi'kmaq-Canadian poet and song writer, called the Poet Laureate of the Mi'kmaq people....
(1932–2007), Mi'kmaq-Canadian poet and songwriter, called the "poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq people" - Reg JohansonReg JohansonReg Johanson is a composition and literature instructor, poet and essayist. His critical writing focuses on the critique of Standard English as a classist and racializing disciplinary practice, the political economy of cheating and plagiarism, the problem of radicalism within a national literary...
(born 1968), composition and literature instructor, poet and essayist - E. Pauline Johnson, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861–1913)
- D. G. JonesD. G. JonesDouglas Gordon Jones is a Canadian poet, translator and educator.Born in Bancroft, Ontario, Jones was educated at a private school in Quebec's Eastern Townships, at McGill University and at Queen's University. He received his M.A. from Queen's University in 1954. Jones then taught English...
(born 1929), poet, translator and educator - Eve JosephEve JosephEve Joseph is a Canadian poet and author.Joseph grew up in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and now lives in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island....
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- Surjeet KalseySurjeet KalseySurjeet Kalsey is a Canadian poet, dramatist, short story writer and translator who lives in British Columbia and writes in both Punjabi and English....
, poet, dramatist, short story writer and translator who writes in both Punjabi and English - Smaro KamboureliSmaro KamboureliSmaro Kamboureli is a Canadian poet and scholar who currently is a professor of English and Director of the TransCanada Institute at the University of Guelph....
, poet and academic - Lionel KearnsLionel KearnsLionel John Kearns is a Canadian poet and teacher.Kearns was born in Nelson, British Columbia, and attended the University of British Columbia, where he was a student of Earle Birney...
(born 1937), poet and teacher - M. T. KellyM. T. KellyMilton Terrence Kelly is a Canadian novelist, poet and playwright.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Kelly attended Parkdale Collgeiate Institute, York University and the University of Toronto. His first novel, I Do Remember The Fall , was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award...
(born 1946), novelist, poet and playwright. - Penn KempPenn KempPenn Kemp is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and sound poet who lives in London, Ontario. In 2010 Kemp became London's first poet laureate.-Works:...
, novelist, playwright, poet and sound poet - Leo KennedyLeo KennedyJohn Leo Kennedy was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets...
(1907-2000), modernist poet, published in 1930s. - Robert Kirkland KernighanRobert Kirkland KernighanRobert Kirkland Kernighan was a Canadian poet, journalist, and farmer. Born at Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ontario, he apprenticed as a journalist on the Hamilton Spectator staff. In about 1876 the paper printed his first poetry. Kernighan lived in Western Canada for a while working for the Winnipeg Sun...
(1854–1926), poet, journalist and farmer - Roy KiyookaRoy KiyookaRoy Kenzie Kiyooka, was an influential Canadian arts teacher, painter, poet, photographer, multi-media artist of national and international acclaim....
(1926–1994), photographer, poet and artist - Johann Peter KlassenJohann Peter KlassenJohann Peter Klassen was a Russian Mennonite poet and writer who emigrated to Canada in 1923 but wrote primarily in the German language.Johann Peter Klassen: a leading elder and writer of the Russian and Canadian Mennonites; b. 27 May 1868 Johann Peter Klassen (1868-1947) was a Russian Mennonite...
(1868–1947), Russian Mennonite poet and writer who immigrated to Canada in 1923 and wrote primarily in German - Sarah KlassenSarah KlassenSarah Klassen is a Canadian writer. She is the award-winning author of A Feast of Longing and one other short fiction collection, The Peony Season, and five books of poetry....
(born 1932), poet and fiction writer - A. M. KleinA. M. KleinAbraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer, and lawyer. He has been called "One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture."...
(1909–1972), poet, journalist, novelist, and short story writer - Raymond KnisterRaymond KnisterJohn Raymond Knister was a Canadian poet, novelist, story writer, columnist, and reviewer, "known primarily for his realistic narratives set in rural Canada .....
(1899–1932), novelist, short story writer, poet, critic and journalist - Joy KogawaJoy KogawaJoy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.-Life:Born Joy Nozomi Nakayama in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was sent with her family to the internment camp for Japanese Canadians at Slocan during World War II...
(born 1935), poet and novelist - Maka KottoMaka KottoMaka Kotto , is a provincial level politician from Quebec, Canada and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons. He is the husband of Longueuil mayor Caroline St-Hilaire. He is also a published author and has appeared in film...
(born 1961), Cameroon-born francophone Canadian, provincial level politician, former Canadian House of Commons member who published a book of poetry in 2002 - Shane KoyczanShane KoyczanShane L. Koyczan is a Canadian poet and writer. Born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Koyczan grew up in Penticton, British Columbia. In 2000, he became the first Canadian to win the Individual Championship title at the US National Poetry Slam. Together with Mighty Mike McGee and C. R...
(born 1976), spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
poet - Robert KroetschRobert KroetschRobert Kroetsch, OC was a Canadian novelist, poet and non-fiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, Boundary 2, he was the single most influential figure in Canada in introducing ideas about postmodernism.He was born in Heisler, Alberta...
(born 1927)), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer and academic - Janice Kulyk KeeferJanice Kulyk KeeferJanice Kulyk Keefer is a Canadian novelist and poet.Born in Toronto, she studied literature at universities in England and France, and currently teaches literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph....
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- Sonnet L'AbbéSonnet L'AbbéSonnet L'Abbé is a Canadian poet and critic. As a poet, L'Abbé writes about national identity, race, gender and language. She has been shortlisted for the 2010 CBC Literary Award for poetry and has won the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for most promising writer under 35.As a critic, she is a...
, poet and critic - Pierre LabriePierre LabriePierre Labrie is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was president of the Société des Écrivains de la Mauricie, co-founder and editor of les Éditions Cobalt, and co-founder of the magazine...
(born 1972), French Canadian poet - Dany LaferrièreDany LaferrièreDany Laferrière is a francophone Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist.Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haïti before moving to Canada in 1976...
(born 1953), Haitian-born francophone novelist, journalist and poet who moved to Canada in 1976 - Archibald LampmanArchibald LampmanArchibald Lampman, was a Canadian poet. "He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent of the Canadian school of nature poets." The Canadian Encyclopedia says that he is "generally considered the finest of Canada's late 19th-century poets in...
(1861–1899) - Tim LanderTim LanderTim Lander is a Canadian poet .Born in Surrey, England, he studied at the University of London. In 1964, Lander emigrated to Canada....
(born 1938) - Patrick LanePatrick LanePatrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...
(born 1939) - M. Travis LaneM. Travis LaneMillicent Travis Lane is an American-Canadian poet.She was born in San Antonio, Texas, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College, and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Cornell University.She was married to Lauriat Lane Jr. Millicent Travis Lane (née Travis) (born...
(born 1934), American-born Canadian poet who moved to Canada in 1960 - Patrick LanePatrick LanePatrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...
- Rina LasnierRina LasnierRina Lasnier, was a Canadian, Québécoise poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville=Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal...
(1915–1997), French Canaadian poet and playwright - Evelyn LauEvelyn Lau- Biography :Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Chinese-Canadian parents, who intended for her to eventually become a doctor. Her parents' ambitions for her were wholly irreconcilable with her own; consequently, her home and school lives were desperately unhappy...
(born 1971), poet and novelist - Edythe Morahan de LauzonEdythe Morahan de LauzonEdythe Morahan de Lauzon was a Canadian poet. She is possibly best known for her poem collection Angels' Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed published in 1918 and From The Kingdom Of The Stars in 1922. Inspired by the First World War, she engaged in issues concerning war and German...
- Irving LaytonIrving LaytonIrving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made enemies. As T...
(1912–2006) - Gérald LeblancGérald LeblancGérald Leblanc was an Acadian poet notable for seeking his own Acadian roots and the current voices of Acadian culture. Leblanc was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. He studied at the Université de Moncton and lived in Moncton, where he died in 2005...
(1947–2005), French Canadian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and writer - Félix LeclercFélix LeclercFélix Leclerc, was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968...
(1914–1988), songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, actor, radio announcer, radio scriptwriter and writer - Dennis LeeDennis Lee (author)Dennis Beynon Lee, OC, MA is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a children's writer, well known for his book of children's rhymes, Alligator Pie.-Life:...
(born 1939), poet, writer and children's fiction author - John B. LeeJohn B. LeeJohn Busteed Lee is a Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.- Early life :...
(born 1951), author, poet and academic - Sylvia LegrisSylvia LegrisSylvia Legris is a Canadian poet.Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has published three volumes of poetry, the third of which, Nerve Squall, won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pat Lowther Award....
(born 1960) - John LentJohn LentJohn Lent is a Canadian poet and novelist, as well as a college teacher of creative writing and literature. He published seven books from 1978 to 2005. His last book was shortlisted for the 2006 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.-Biography:...
(1948–2006), poet and novelist - Douglas LePanDouglas LePanDouglas Valentine LePan, OC, FRSC was a Canadian diplomat, poet, novelist and professor of literature.Born in Toronto, Ontario, LePan was educated at the University of Toronto, at Harvard , and at Merton College, Oxford University...
(1914–1998), diplomat, poet, novelist and academic - Tim LilburnTim LilburnTim Lilburn is a Canadian poet and essayist. He is the author of several critically acclaimed collections of poetry, including Kill-site, To the River, Moosewood Sandhills and his latest work Going Home...
(born 1950), poet and essayist - Charles LillardCharles LillardCharles "Red" Lillard was a poet and historian specializing in British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.He was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Ketchikan, Alaska...
(born 1944–1997), poet and historian - Dorothy LivesayDorothy LivesayDorothy Kathleen May Livesay, was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General`s Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.-Life:...
(1909–1996) - Billie LivingstonBillie LivingstonBillie Livingston is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Livingston grew up in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia...
(born 1965), novelist and poet - Douglas LochheadDouglas LochheadDouglas Lochhead, FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived in Sackville, New Brunswick, of which town he was the official poet laureate...
(born 1922), poet and (now retired) academic - Pat LowtherPat LowtherPatricia Louise Lowther was a Canadian poet. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighboring city of North Vancouver.-Life:...
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- Rozena MaartRozena MaartDr. Rozena Maart is a South African writer, and professor, currently living between Cape Town, South Africa and Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She has been recognized for her writing, and for her work opposing apartheid and violence against women...
(born 1962), poet, short-story writer, novelist, playwright, academic and psychotherapist; South AfricanSouth African poetryThe poetry of South Africa covers a broad range of themes, forms and styles. This article discusses the context that contemporary poets have come from and identifies the major poets of South Africa, their works and influence....
living in Canada - Karen Mac CormackKaren Mac CormackKaren Mac Cormack is a contemporary experimental poet. She holds dual British/Canadian citizenship, and lived for many years in Toronto; more recently, she moved to Buffalo, New York, when her husband, the poet Steve McCaffery, was hired by SUNY-Buffalo for the David Gray Chair.Mac Cormack is the...
(born 1956), experimental poet born in Zambia, who holds dual British/Canadian citizenship, she has moved from Toront to Buffalo, New York, with her husband, poet Steve McCafferySteve McCafferySteven McCaffery is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University. He currently holds the Gray Chair at SUNY Buffalo . McCaffery was born in Sheffield, England and lived in the UK for most of his youth attending University of Hull. He moved to Toronto in 1968... - Bernell MacDonaldBernell MacDonaldBernell MacDonald is a Canadian poet.He was born on Prince Edward Island and now lives on a farm in Roslin, Ontario. He was associated with Alden Nowlan, Raymond Fraser, LeRoy Johnson, Sharon Fraser, Al Pittman, Louis Cormier and others in publishing the literary magazine Intercourse in the...
(born 1948) - Hugh MacDonaldHugh MacDonald (poet)Hugh MacDonald is an award-winning Canadian poet and children's writer and editor who lives in Montague, Prince Edward Island. Among his many awards are the L.M. Montgomery Children's Literature Award, 1990 and the 2004 Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts on Prince Edward...
(born 1945), poet, children's writer and editor - Wilson MacDonaldWilson MacDonaldWilson Pugsley MacDonald was a popular Canadian poet who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader of his poetry....
(1880–1967) - Gwendolyn MacEwenGwendolyn MacEwenGwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist. A "sophisticated, wide-ranging and thoughtful writer," she published more than 20 books in her brief life. "A sense of magic and mystery from her own interests in the Gnostics, Ancient Egypt and magic itself, and from her wonderment at...
(1941–1987), novelist and poet - Walter Scott MacFarlaneWalter Scott MacFarlaneWalter Scott MacFarlane was a Canadian bard and soldier.He was born in the Margaree Valley on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and lived in Inverness in his later life. He wrote songs and poetry in both Scottish Gaelic and English, although many of the Gaelic works have been lost...
(1896–1979), poet and soldier - Tom MacInnesTom MacInnesThomas Robert Edward MacInnes was a Canadian poet and writer whose writings ranged from "vigorous, slangy recollections of the Yukon gold rush" to "a translation of and commentary on Lao-tzu’s philosophy"...
(1867–1951), poet and writer - Bob MacKenzie (born 1947), poet, performer (spoken word with music), arts reviewer and commentator, also published as R. D. MacKenzie
- Andrea MacPhersonAndrea MacPhersonAndrea MacPherson is a Canadian poet and novelist. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was educated at the University of British Columbia where she received a Master's Degree in Creative Writing...
, poet and novelist - Jay MacphersonJay MacphersonJean Jay Macpherson is a Canadian lyric poet and scholar. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "a member of 'the mythopoeic school of poetry,' who expressed serious religious and philosophical themes in symbolic verse that was often lyrical or comic."-Life:Jay Macpherson was born in London,...
(born 13 June 1931), poet and academic (a woman)* - Camille MartinCamille MartinCamille Martin is an American-Canadian poet and collage artist who lives in Toronto, Canada. After residing in New Orleans for fourteen years, in 2005 she moved to Toronto following Hurricane Katrina.-Early life and education:...
(born 1956), American-born poet, translator, academic and collage artist living in Toronto since 2005 - Keith MaillardKeith MaillardKeith Maillard is a fiction author and poet.Maillard has lived in various places in the United States and Canada.He attended West Virginia University and was host of a Boston campus radio programme.He moved to Canada in 1970, attaining citizenship in 1976.In the early 1970s, Maillard worked as a...
(born 28 February 1942), author and poet - Charles MairCharles MairCharles Mair was a Canadian poet and journalist. He was a fervent Canadian nationalist noted for his participation in the Canada First movement and his opposition to Louis Riel during the two Riel Rebellions in western Canada.-Life:Mair was born at Lanark, Upper Canada, to Margaret Holmes and...
(1838 or 1840–1927), poet and political activist - Robert MajzelsRobert MajzelsRobert Majzels is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and translator.- Life :Majzels was born in Montreal. In 1986, he graduated with a Master's degree in English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal, where he would later teach creative writing for thirteen years. Between 2000 and...
(born 1950), novelist, poet, playwright and translator - Alice Major, contemporary poet
- Kim MaltmanKim MaltmanKim Maltman is a Canadian poet and physicist who lives in Toronto. He is a professor of Applied Mathematics at York University and pursues research in theoretical nuclear/particle physics.- Works :...
(born 1951), poet and physicist (a man) - Eli MandelEli MandelEli Mandel was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic.-Biography:...
(1922–1992), poet, essayist and academic - Ahdri Zhina MandielaAhdri Zhina Mandielaahdri zhina mandiela is a Toronto-based dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director. She has gained worldwide acclaim for her books, music recordings, film, theatre and dance productions....
(born 1953 Jamaican-born dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director; Jamaican native living in Canada - David ManicomDavid ManicomDavid Alton Manicom is a Canadian diplomat, poet and novelist.Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. He has also lived in Aylmer, Quebec, Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing, Geneva, and New Delhi...
(born 1960), diplomat, poet and novelist - Lee MaracleLee Maracle-Early life:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighbouring city of North Vancouver and attended Simon Fraser University. She was one of the first Aboriginal people to be published in the early 1970s.-Career:...
(born 1950), Native American poet and author - Nicole MarkoticNicole MarkoticNicole Markotic is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Windsor, Ontario. She teaches creative writing at the University of Windsor. Markotic specializes in the subjects of Canadian Literature, Poetry, Children's Literature, Disability in Film and Disability in Literature; she is currently...
, poet and novelist - Daphne MarlattDaphne MarlattDaphne Marlatt, née Buckle, CM , is a Canadian poet who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia....
, née Buckle (born 1942) - Tom MarshallTom Marshall (poet)Thomas Archibald Marshall was a Canadian poet and novelist. He got his MA at Queen's University in 1965, writing his thesis on poet A. M. Klein. and taught there from 1964 until his death...
(1938–1993), Canadian poet and novelist - Camille MartinCamille MartinCamille Martin is an American-Canadian poet and collage artist who lives in Toronto, Canada. After residing in New Orleans for fourteen years, in 2005 she moved to Toronto following Hurricane Katrina.-Early life and education:...
(born 1956), poet and collage artist - Robin MathewsRobin MathewsRobin Mathews is a Canadian poet, professor, and political activist against United States foreign policy.-Education:...
(born 1931), Canadian poet and professor, known for his political activism against United States foreign policy - Seymour MayneSeymour MayneSeymour Mayne is a Canadian poet and literary translator. He has published over 50 works of poetry and literary criticism, and has edited several anthologies of Canadian and Jewish literature....
(born 1944), poet and literary translator - Chandra MayorChandra MayorChandra Mayor , is a Canadian poet and novelist whose writings, among other topics, dive into worlds of urban and alternative cultures. She resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba.- Publishing career :...
(born in 1973), poet and novelist - Robert McBrideRobert McBride (poet)Robert McBride was an Irish-Canadian poet. He was born in the parish of Urblereagh near the village of Ardstraw in County Tyrone, Ireland, sometime in late 1811 or early 1812.-Early life:...
(1811 or 1812–1895), IrishIrish poetryThe history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
-born Canadian poet - Steven McCabeSteven McCabeSteven McCabe is a Canadian visual artist and poet. He is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Hierarchy of Loss . He recently illustrated a children's book of Victorian Fairy Tales; The Golden Key by George Macdonald with fine-line ink drawings...
, contemporary artist and poet - Steve McCafferySteve McCafferySteven McCaffery is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University. He currently holds the Gray Chair at SUNY Buffalo . McCaffery was born in Sheffield, England and lived in the UK for most of his youth attending University of Hull. He moved to Toronto in 1968...
(born 1947), poet and academic born in England and moved to Toronto in 1968; husband of poet Karen MacCormack - John McCraeJohn McCraeLieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres...
(1872–1918), poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres; best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields"In Flanders Fields" is one of the most notable poems written during World War I, created in the form of a French rondeau. It has been called "the most popular poem" produced during that period...
. - Roy McDonald (born 1937), is a poet and busker (street performer)
- David McFaddenDavid McFaddenDavid William McFadden is a Canadian poet, fiction writer, and travel writer. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario and first started working there as a proofreader for the Hamilton Spectator newspaper. As he grew more renowned as a poet he quit the newspaper and became a full-time writer in 1976...
(born 11 October 1940), poet, fiction writer, and travel writer - Wendy McGrathWendy McGrathWendy McGrath is a poet and novelist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her work exhibits elements of experimental fiction, including stream of consciousness techniques, and both narrative and chronological shifts....
, poet and novelist - David McGimpseyDavid McGimpsey- David McGimpsey :David McGimpsey is one of Canada’s best comedic authors, noted by the Ottawa Citizen to be “as funny as David Sedaris and more inventive.” His poems and performances have garnered a wide readership and popular acclaim across North America...
, poet, humorist and academic - Nadine McInnisNadine McInnisNadine McInnis is a Canadian author of poetry, short stories and essays.McInnis was born in Belleville, Ontario in September, 1957, and grew up in Toronto and Ottawa. She attended Colonel By Secondary School, where she began a lifelong friendship with the novelist, playwright and actor Ann-Marie...
(born 1956), poet, short-story writer and essayist - James McIntyre (1828–1906), called "The Cheese Poet"
- Don McKayDon McKayDon McKay, CM is an award-winning Canadian poet, editor, and educator.Born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall, McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971...
(born 1942), poet, editor, and educator - Barry McKinnonBarry McKinnonBarry Benjamin McKinnon is a Canadian poet.Born in Calgary, Alberta, he taught English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia.-Bibliography:* The Golden Daybreak Hair. Toronto, ON: Aliquondo Press, 1967....
(born 1944) - Brendan McLeodBrendan McLeodBrendan McLeod is a Canadian spoken word artist, musician and novelist. His work often deals with the exploration of social and political commentary, family histrionics, surreal love poems, obscure adventure stories, and powerful personal stories....
(born 1979), poet, novelist, member of The FugitivesThe Fugitives (spoken word)The Fugitives are a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The members of the band are Brendan McLeod, Barbara Adler, Steve Charles and Adrian Glynn. Former members of the band included Mark Berube and C.R. Avery, who left the band to pursue other artistic ventures. Although C.R...
. - Susan McMasterSusan McMasterSusan McMaster is a Canadian poet, literary editor, and spoken word/performance poet who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. She is currently President of the League of Canadian Poets....
(born 1950), poet, literary editor, and spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
performer - Steve McOrmondSteve McOrmondSteve McOrmond is a Canadian poet. He was born in Nova Scotia and grew up on Prince Edward Island.His work has appeared in literary magazines in Canada, Australia and the UK, and has been anthologized in Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets and Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian...
(born 1957), poet and academic - Mary MelfiMary MelfiMary Melfi is a Canadian writer of Italian descent. A prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, Melfi was born in Casacalenda, a small mountain town south of Rome in 1951. At the age of six, she immigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec where she attended the local English schools. She...
(born 1951), ItalianItalian poetry-Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....
-born poet, novelist and playwright who immigrated to Canada as a young child - Bruce MeyerBruce MeyerBruce Meyer is a Canadian poet and educator.He has been the Director of Writing and Literature at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and has taught at the University of Windsor, McMaster University, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Seneca College, Humber College,...
(born 1957), poet and academic - Pauline MichelPauline MichelPauline Michel is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter from Quebec.In 2004, Michel was appointed the second ever Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, succeeding George Bowering. She served as Poet Laureate until her term finished on November 16, 2006.- External links :*...
novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter - Anne MichaelsAnne Michaels-Background:Anne Michaels was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1958. Michaels attended Vaughan Road Academy and then later the University of Toronto, where she is an adjunct faculty in the Department of English. Her first book, The Weight of Oranges , a volume of poetry, was awarded the Commonwealth...
(born 1958), poet and novelist - Roy MikiRoy MikiRoy Akira Miki, CM, FRSC is a Canadian poet and scholar.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, he attended the University of Manitoba, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, where he is currently a professor emeritus. He lives in...
(born 1942), poet and academic - Kenneth G. MillsKenneth G. MillsKenneth George Mills was a Canadian metaphysical/philosophical speaker and author. An exponent of the oral tradition, he gave spontaneous lectures and poetry for over 37 years. At the same time, he became noted for his accomplishments in music, particularly as the conductor of the choral ensemble...
(1923–2004) - Gaston MironGaston MironGaston Miron, was an important poet, writer, and editor of the Quebec post Quiet Revolution. His masterpiece, L'homme rapaillé has sold over 100 000 copies, in Quebec and overseas, ensuring Miron as one of the most widely read authors of...
(1928–1996), French Canadian poet, writer, and editor - Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery OBE , called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success...
(1874–1942), Primarily an author, but also a poet from PEI. - Marion E. MoodieMarion E. MoodieMarion E. Moodie was a Canadian nurse and botanist. She was the first nurse to graduate in Alberta.-Biography:Born in the city of Quebec, of Scottish/English descent, Miss Marion E. Moodie went west to Calgary, with her family, in 1891. Seven years later she graduated from the Calgary Hospital,...
(1867–1958), nurse, botanist and poet - Susanna MoodieSusanna MoodieSusanna Moodie, born Strickland , was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time.-Biography:...
(1803–1885), British-born Canadian author and poet - Jacob McArthur MooneyJacob McArthur MooneyJacob McArthur Mooney is a Canadian poet, blogger, and literary critic.He is the author of The New Layman's Almanac. The book, published by Toronto's McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., is notable for its themes of self-education and for being dedicated to the Wikimedia Foundation...
(born 1983) - Pamela MordecaiPamela MordecaiPamela Claire Mordecai is a Jamaican writer, teacher, and scholar and poet. She attended high school in Jamaica and college in the US, where she did a first degree in English...
(born 1942), Jamaican writer, teacher, scholar and poet living in Canada since 1994 - Pierre MorencyPierre MorencyPierre Morency, OC, CQ is a French Canadian writer, poet and playwright.-Life:Born in Lauzon, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Collège de Lévis in 1963 and a teaching diploma from the Université Laval in 1966.-Awards:...
(born 1942), French Canadian writer, poet and playwright - Dwayne MorganDwayne MorganDwayne Morgan is a Canadian spoken word artist, motivational speaker and event organizer based in Toronto, Ontario.Morgan began his career as a spoken word artist in 1993. He is the founder of Up From The Roots Entertainment, which was established in 1994 to promote the positive artistic...
spoken word artist, motivational speaker, event organizer and poet - Kim MorrisseyKim MorrisseyKim Morrissey is a Canadian poet and playwright who lives in London, England. Many of her works examine the role of women in nineteenth century culture, re-imagining the lives of historical figures. She is also part of the Comedy Collective UK...
(born 1955), poet and playwright - Colin MortonColin Morton-Life:He grew up in Calgary.His poetry and fiction have appeared in Descant, The Fiddlehead, Arc, Grain, The Malahat Review, Ascent, and The North American Review. He was a member of the performance group First Draft along with Susan McMaster, Andrew McClure, Alrick Huebener, Roberta Huebener,...
(born 1948) - A. F. MoritzA. F. MoritzAlbert Frank Moritz is a poet, teacher, and scholar.Born in Niles, Ohio, Moritz was educated at Marquette University. Since 1975, he has made his home in Toronto, Ontario where he has worked variously as an advertising copywriter and executive, editor, publisher, and university professor...
(born 1947), poet and academic - Daniel David MosesDaniel David MosesDaniel David Moses is a First Nations poet and playwright from Canada.Moses, of Delaware descent, was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River. He has an Honours BA from York University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Moses was the...
(born 1952), Native American Canadian poet and playwright - Erin MouréErin MouréErin Mouré is a Canadian poet and translator of poetry from languages which include, French, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish to English. Her mother Mary Irene was born 1924 in Galicia, Poland and moved to Canada in 1929. Erin’s father is William Moure born in Ottawa Canada in 1925...
(born 1955) - William MurdochWilliam Murdoch (poet)William Murdoch was a Scottish-Canadian poet.Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Murdoch migrated to Canada in 1854, aged 31. The following year, he was appointed manager of the gasworks on Partridge Island in 1855...
(1823–1887), Scottish-Canadian poet, writer and gasworksGasworksA gasworks or gas house is a factory for the manufacture of gas. The use of natural gas has made many redundant in the developed world, however they are often still used for storage.- Early gasworks :...
manager who immigrated to Canada in 1854 - George MurrayGeorge Murray (poet)George Murray is a Canadian poet. Born 1971.Murray is the editor of the literary blog Bookninja.com , an associate editor at Maisonneuve magazine, and a contributing editor at several literary magazines and journals. After several years abroad in rural Italy and New York City, in 2005 he returned...
, poet and an associate editor at Maisonneuve Magazine, contributing editor at several literary magazines - Susan MusgraveSusan MusgraveSusan Musgrave is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California to Canadian parents, and currently lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and the Queen Charlotte Islands....
(born 1951), poet and children's writer - Jane Musoke-NteyafasJane Musoke-NteyafasJane Musoke-Nteyafas is a poet, writer, visual artist, columnist and playwright.Born in Moscow, Russia, to Truman Musoke-Nteyafas, an Ugandan diplomat and politician, and Beatrice Musoke-Nteyafas, a visual artist and fashion designer....
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- Akhtar NaraghiAkhtar NaraghiAkhtar Naraghi is a Canadian writer and poet, born in Iran. She holds a doctorate in English literature from McGill University and works in English. Her novels are all written in the first person, and revolve around the narrator's efforts to make a home in new surroundings, in different cultures...
- Roger NashRoger NashRoger Nash BA, MA, PhD is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England on November 3, 1942. He grew up in England, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a B.A. from the University of Wales , an M.A. from McMaster University and a Ph.D...
(born 1942), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
-born philosopher, poet and academic - Lyle NeffLyle NeffLyle Neff is a Canadian poet and journalist in Vancouver, British Columbia.Born in Prince George, British Columbia, he is the author of three books of poetry published by Anvil Press...
(born 1969), poet, journalist, essayist and literary critic - Lorri Neilsen GlennLorri Neilsen GlennLorri Neilsen Glenn is a Canadian poet, ethnographer and essayist. Born and raised on the Prairies, she moved to Nova Scotia in 1983.Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of several books on literacy and ethnography, scholarly and freelance articles on women and literacy, and book reviews in...
, poet, ethnographer, essayist and academic - Émile NelliganÉmile NelliganÉmile Nelligan was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada.-Biography:Nelligan was born in Montreal on December 24, 1879 at 602, rue de La Gauchetière. He was the first son of David Nelligan, who arrived in Quebec from Dublin, Ireland at the age of 12. His mother was Émilie Amanda Hudon, from...
(1879–1941), francophone poet from Quebec - Holly NelsonHolly NelsonHolly Nelson is a Canadian writer, poet, activist and print reporter. She served as leader of the Green Party of Manitoba from 2005 to 2006.- Early life and career :...
, writer, poet, activist, journalist, leader of the Green Party of Manitoba (2005–2006) - Pierre NepveuPierre NepveuPierre Nepveu is a famous French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. He specializes in Quebec modern poetry, in particular that of Gaston Miron...
(born 1946), French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist - W. H. NewW. H. NewWilliam Herbert New, OC, FRSC is a Canadian poet and literary critic. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at the University of British Columbia and the University of Leeds. He taught English literature at the former from 1965 to 2003...
(born 1938), poet, editor and literary critic - bpNicholBpNicholBarrie Phillip Nichol , who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces , was a Canadian poet. He became widely known for his concrete poetry while living there in the 1960s...
Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (1944–1988), poet and writer - John NewloveJohn NewloveJohn Newlove was a Canadian poet who was considered to be one of the dominant voices of prairie poetry, though he lived most of his adult life in British Columbia and Ontario.-Life:...
(1938–2003) - Lorri Neilsen GlennLorri Neilsen GlennLorri Neilsen Glenn is a Canadian poet, ethnographer and essayist. Born and raised on the Prairies, she moved to Nova Scotia in 1983.Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of several books on literacy and ethnography, scholarly and freelance articles on women and literacy, and book reviews in...
, poet, ethnographer and essayist - Alden NowlanAlden NowlanAlden Albert Nowlan was a critically acclaimed Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright-History:Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, along a stretch of dirt road that he would later refer to...
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- Patrick O'ConnellPatrick O'Connell (poet)Patrick O'Connell was a Canadian poet.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was educated at the University of Manitoba. In 1993, he was the winner of the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer.-Bibliography:...
(1944–2005) - Sheree-Lee OlsonSheree-Lee OlsonSheree-Lee Olson is a Canadian novelist, poet and journalist.She was born in Picton, Ontario on the shores of Lake Ontario and grew up across Canada and in Europe. After earning degrees in visual art, philosophy and journalism, she joined The Globe and Mail, Canada's leading national newspaper, as...
, novelist, poet and journalist - Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
(born 1943), Sri Lankan novelist and poet with Canadian citizenship - Heather O'NeillHeather O'NeillHeather O'Neill is a Canadian novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist. She was born in Montreal, but spent part of her childhood in the American South. She currently lives in Montreal....
, novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist - Madeleine Ouellette-MichalskaMadeleine Ouellette-MichalskaMadeleine Ouellette-Michalska is a Canadian writer from Quebec.She studied Arts in University of Montreal, University of Quebec and University of Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD degree in 1987...
(born 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist and poet - Richard OutramRichard OutramRichard Daley Outram was a Canadian poet. Often regarded as a poet's poet, he wrote eleven commercially published books of poetry in addition to the many collections of poetry and prose published under the imprint of the Gauntlet Press...
(1930–2005), poet and writer; co-founder, with his wife, Barbara HowardBarbara Howard, RCAHelen Barbara Howard, RCA was a Canadian painter, wood engraver, draughtsperson, bookbinder and designer who produced work consistently throughout her life, from her graduation in 1951 from the Ontario College of Art until her unexpected death in 2002.Her work is represented in many permanent...
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- P. K. PageP. K. PagePatricia Kathleen Page, CC, OBC, FRSC , commonly known as P. K. Page, was a Canadian poet. She was the author of over 30 published books: of poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography.By special resolution of the United Nations, in 2001 Page's poem "Planet...
(born 1916) - Corrado PainaCorrado PainaCorrado Paina is an Italian poet.Born in Milan, Italy, since 1987 Paina has been living in Toronto, Canada, where he serves as editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade...
(born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade - John PassJohn PassJohn Pass is a Canadian poet. He has lived in Canada since 1953, and was educated at the University of British Columbia....
(born 1947), English-born Canadian poet and academic who has lived in Canada since 1953; married to poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan - Neil PeartNeil PeartNeil Ellwood Peart , OC, is a Canadian musician and author. He is the drummer for the rock band Rush.Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario . During adolescence, he floated from regional band to regional band in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer...
(born 1952), musician, songwriter, producer, author, drummer of the Canadian Rock band RushRush (band)Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart... - Sasenarine PersaudSasenarine PersaudSasenarine Persaud is an essayist, novelist, short story writer, and poet. He is the author of eleven books: eight poetry collections, two novels, and a book of short stories. His latest books are, Lantana Strangling Ixora, TSAR Books and In a Boston Night, TSAR Publications...
Guyana-born, Canadian essayist, novelist, short story writer, and poet - W. T. PfefferleW. T. PfefferleW.T. Pfefferle is an author and poet born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, but who was based in Texas for many years. His half-sister is the noted Canadian landscape photographer, Camille Wolfson-Pfefferle.He's the author of four books...
, poet, writer and academic - M. NourbeSe PhilipM. NourbeSe PhilipMarlene Nourbese Philip , usually credited as M. NourbeSe Philip, is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer.-Life and Works:...
(born 1947), poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer - Ben PhillipsBen PhillipsBen Phillips is a poet, teacher and publisher.-Biography:Born in the United States, where he worked as a journalist, he settled in Toronto, Ontario in 1968...
(born 1947), poet, teacher and publisher - Alison PickAlison PickAlison Pick is a Canadian novelist and poet. She has published two novels and two collections of poetry.Pick was born in 1975 in Toronto, Ontario and grew up in Kitchener. In 1999 she graduated from the University of Guelph with a B.A...
, poet and novelist - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a Toronto-based poet, writer, educator and social activist. Her writing and performance art focuses on documenting the stories of queer and trans people of color, abuse survivors, mixed-race people and diasporic South Asians and Sri Lankans...
(born 1975), American-born poet, spoken-word poet, writer, educator and social activist living in Canada - Jean-Guy PilonJean-Guy PilonJean-Guy Pilon, OC, CQ, FRSC is a Quebec poet.Born in Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec, he received a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1954.-Honours:* In 1967, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada....
(born 1930), French Canadian poet - George PirieGeorge PirieGeorge Pirie was a Canadian newspaper publisher.He emigrated to Canada from Aberdeen, Scotland. His father, also George Pirie, was a prominent Aberdeen merchant and ship owner. His mother was Katherine Mitchell Pirie, a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Mitchell, of the parish of Tarves, Aberdeenshire...
(1799);1870), newspaper publisher and poet - Al PittmanAl PittmanAl Pittman was a poet and playwright from Newfoundland and Labrador.Born in St. Leonard's, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Pittman grew up in Corner Brook. He moved to Montreal in 1964 where he began writing poetry and plays, and in 1966 published his first book of poems, The Elusive Resurrection...
(1940–2001), poet and playwright - Ted PlantosTed PlantosTed Plantos was a Canadian poet, writer, editor and promoter of Canadian literature.Ted ran the Toronto Public Library's reading series from 1970–1977. He led the People's Poetry Workshops on a weekly basis for the Toronto library system at The House On Gerard during the same time period. He...
(1943–2001), poet, writer, editor - Emily Pohl-WearyEmily Pohl-Weary- Biography :She is the granddaughter of science fiction writers Judith Merril and Frederik Pohl. Her 2002 biography Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2003 and was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award...
, novelist, poet and magazine editor - Sandy PoolSandy PoolSandy Pool is a Canadian poet. Her first book Exploding into Night was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards...
- B. W. PoweB. W. PoweBruce William Powe is a Canadian writer poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher, and teacher. Lived in Toronto from 1959 until 1996; he attended York University for English studies where in 1977 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree...
(born 1955), author, poet and academic - Claire PrattClaire PrattMildred Claire Pratt, , was a Canadian artist, poet and editor who published as Claire Pratt. She was the daughter of Viola Whitney and E.J. Pratt, a noted poet and educator...
(1921–1995), artist, poet and editor; daughter of writer and editor Viola Whitney and E. J. PrattE. J. PrattEdwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC , who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet originally from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario...
, a poet and academic - E. J. PrattE. J. PrattEdwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC , who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet originally from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario...
(1882–1964), poet and academic - Frank PrewettFrank PrewettFrank James Prewett was a Canadian poet, who spent most of his life in the United Kingdom. He was a war poet of World War I, and was taken up by Siegfried Sassoon...
(1893–1962), poet and broadcaster, who spent most of his life in the United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
; a war poetWar poetA War poet is a poet writing in time of and on the subject of war. The term, which is applied especially to those in military service during World War I, was documented as early as 1848 in reference to German revolutionary poet, Georg Herwegh.-Crimean War:...
of World War I - Robert PriestRobert PriestRobert Priest is a British born Canadian poet and children's author. He has written numerous books of poetry, several children's novels, and has often appeared on CBC radio's hit spoken word show "Wordbeat" under the alias "Dr Poetry". He is well known for his aphorisms and performance poetry...
(born 1951), poet and children's author - Stefan PsenakStefan PsenakStefan Psenak is a Québécois poet, playwright and novelist. He lives in Outaouais.-External links:* *...
(born 1969), French Canadian poet, playwright and novelist - Al PurdyAl PurdyAlfred Wellington Purdy, OC, O.Ont was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence...
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- Andy QuanAndy QuanAndy Quan , is a Chinese-Canadian author who now lives in Sydney, Australia. In his writing, he frequently explores the ways in which sexual identity and cultural identity interact...
(born 1969), author who moved to Australia - Joseph QuesnelJoseph QuesnelJoseph Quesnel was a French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera....
(1746–1809), French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright - Sina QueyrasSina QueyrasSina Queyras is a Canadian poet. Her third collection of poetry, Lemon Hound, received the Pat Lowther Award and a Lambda Literary Award.In 2005 she edited Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets for Persea Books, the first anthology of Canadian poetry to be published by a U.S. press...
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- Gurcharan RampuriGurcharan RampuriGurcharan Rampuri is a Canadian poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language. He lives in Coquitlam, British Columbia.Rampuri has been writing poems in Punjabi for well over 60 years. He lives in Vancouver, BC, where he has lived since 1964. Currently, he is working on his...
poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language - Theodore Harding RandTheodore Harding RandTheodore Harding Rand was a Canadian educator and poet.Rand was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia in 1835. A Baptist, Rand attended Acadia College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, which had been founded by the Baptist community in 1838...
(1835–1900), educator and poet - Ian Iqbal RashidIan Iqbal RashidBorn in 1971 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Ian Iqbal Rashid is a poet, screenwriter and filmmaker.In his early childhood, his family were forced to leave Tanzania. After failing to secure asylum in the UK and US, they settled in Canada...
(born 1971), Canadian/BritishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
Muslim poet, screenwriter and filmmaker of Indian descent; has lived primarily in London - Angela RawlingsAngela RawlingsAngela Rawlings is a Canadian poet, editor, and interdisciplinary artist who has presented and/or published work in Canada, Belgium, Iceland, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United States...
(a.k.a. a.rawlings) - Wayne RayWayne RayWayne Scott Ray is a Canadian poet and photographer.Ray is the founder of HMS Press publishing, Scarborough Arts Council Poetry Contest, co-founder of the Canadian Poetry Association and co-chairman of the League of Canadian Poets: Associates for 1985/1986...
, co-founder of the Canadian Poetry AssociationCanadian Poetry AssociationThe Canadian Poetry Association began as a grass-roots organization dedicated to promoting the reading, writing, publishing and preservation of poetry in Canada through the individual efforts of members; promoting communication among poets, publishers and the general public; encouraging leadership...
, publisher in London, OntarioLondon, OntarioLondon is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city... - James ReaneyJames ReaneyJames Crerar Reaney was an influential Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol."...
(1926–2008), poet, playwright, and literary critic - Michael RedhillMichael RedhillMichael Redhill is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Redhill was raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. He pursued one year of study at Indiana University, and then returned to Canada, completing his education at York University and the...
(born 1966), American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist - D. C. ReidD. C. ReidDennis Reid is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer. He also writes about fly fishing, high end automobiles, round the world yacht races and the human brain...
(born 1952), poet, novelist and short story writer - Jamie ReidJamie Reid (Canadian poet)Jamie Reid is a Canadian poet, writer, and arts organizer/activist. He was born in Timmins, Ontario and came of age on the west coast of Canada....
(born 1941) - Tracy RepchukTracy RepchukTracy Lynn Repchuk is a Canadian writer and poet. Repchuk is the president and founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets and Editor of Poetry Canada Magazine.Repchuk lives in Burbank, California.-Works:...
(born 1965), writer, poet and editor; president and founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets; editor of Poetry Canada magazine - Shane RhodesShane Rhodes-Life:He graduated from the University of New Brunswick.He lives in Ottawa, Canada.As the 2008 winner of the Lampman-Scott Award for Poetry, Shane Rhodes turned over half of the $1,500 prize money to the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, a First Nations health centre, according to a 2008 report...
- Charles G.D. RobertsCharles G.D. RobertsSir Charles George Douglas Roberts, was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was "almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature......
(1860–1943), poet and prose writer; called the "Father of Canadian Poetry" for his influence on other poets - Lisa RobertsonLisa Robertson (poet)Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet who is best known for a collection a poem entitled The Weather, which was inspired by the shipping forecasts announced on BBC radio. She currently lives in France.-Life:...
(born 1961), poet, essayist and writer - Ajmer RodeAjmer RodeAjmer Rode is a Canadian author writing in Punjabi as well as in English. His first work was non-fiction Vishva Di Nuhar on Einstein's Relativity in dialogue form inspired by Plato's Republic. Published by the Punjabi University in 1966, the book initiated a series of university publications on...
, poet, playwright and writer in Punjabi and English - Gordon RodgersGordon RodgersGordon Rodgers is a Canadian writer. Rodgers is the author of two books of poetry: Floating Houses , and The Pyrate Latitudes , as well as a novella entitled The Phoenix . In 1999, he released his first novel, A Settlement of Memory, which is loosely based on the life of William Coaker...
(born 1952), poet, novelist and clinical psychologist - Carmen RodríguezCarmen RodríguezCarmen Rodríguez is a Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, and a founding member of Aquelarre Magazine. Along with her husband and daughters, she fled to Canada after the Chilean Coup of 1973 and where she now resides as a political refugee...
(born 1948), Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, co-founder of Aquelarre Magazine; exiled from Chile after the 1973 coup; writes in both Spanish and English and translates her own work - Linda RogersLinda RogersLinda Rogers is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Port Alice, British Columbia.A past president of the League of Canadian Poets and the Federation of BC Writers she lives in Victoria, British Columbia.-Poetry:...
(born 1944), poet and children's writer - Joe RosenblattJoe RosenblattJoseph Rosenblatt is a Canadian poet who lives in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. He has won Canada's Governor-General's Award and British Columbia's B.C. Book Prize for poetry...
(born 1933), Governor General's Award-winning experimentalist. - Laisha RosnauLaisha RosnauLaisha Rosnau is a Canadian novelist and poet.Born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Rosnau grew up in Vernon, British Columbia. She has worked as a child-care worker, a landscaper, a waitress, a fruit picker, an interpretive guide, a journalist, and an editor...
(born 1972), novelist and poet - Bruce RossBruce RossBruce Ross is a Canadian poet, author, humanities educator and past president of the Haiku Society of America. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario....
, poet, author, academic and past president of the Haiku Society of AmericaHaiku Society of AmericaThe Haiku Society of America is a non-profit organization composed of haiku poets, editors, critics, publishers and enthusiasts that promotes the composition and appreciation of haiku in English. It was founded in 1968 and sponsors meetings, lectures, workshops, readings and contests... - Stuart RossStuart RossStuart Ross is a Canadian fiction writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor.Ross was born in Toronto's north end in 1959 and grew up in the Borough of North York. He began writing at a very young age and was first published at age 16 by Books by Kids . This book, The Thing in Exile,...
(born 1959), writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor - W.W.E. RossW.W.E. RossWilliam Wrightson Eustace Ross was a Canadian geophysicist and poet. He was the first published poet in Canada to write Imagist poetry, and later the first to write surrealist verse, both of which have led some to call him "the first modern Canadian poet."-Life:Ross was born in Peterborough,...
(born 1894), imagist poet of 1920s and 1930s, has been called "Canada's first modern poet." - Stephen Rowe (born 1980)
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- Lake SagarisLake SagarisLake Sagaris is a Canadian journalist, poet and translator who lives in Chile.Her book After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind was a non-fiction finalist for the 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit....
(born 1956), journalist, poet and translator living in Chile - Trish SalahTrish SalahTrish Salah is a Canadian feminist writer and educator. Her first volume of poetry, Wanting in Arabic, was published in 2002 by TSAR Publications....
, academic, writer and poet whose first volume of poetry appeared in 2002 - Peter SangerPeter SangerPeter Sanger is a Canadian poet and prose writer. Sanger, who is also described as a critic and an editor, was born in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, University of Victoria, and Acadia University...
(born 1943), poet and prose writer, critic, editor and academic born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1953 - Charles SangsterCharles SangsterCharles Sangster was a Canadian poet whose 1856 volume, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay, "was received with unanimous acclaim as the best and most important book of poetry produced in Canada until that time." He was "the first poet who made appreciative use of Canadian subjects in his poetical...
(1822–1893) - Félix-Antoine SavardFélix-Antoine SavardFélix-Antoine Savard, OC was a Canadian priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist.Born in Quebec City, he grew up in Chicoutimi, Quebec...
(1896–1982), priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist - Jacob ScheierJacob ScheierJacob Scheier is a Canadian poet. His debut poetry collection, More to Keep Us Warm, was published by ECW Press in 2007 and was named the winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for English poetry....
, poet whose first collection of verses won the 2008 Governor General's Award for English poetry; editor; son of Libby ScheierLibby ScheierLibby Scheier was a Canadian poet and short story writer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at Sarah Lawrence College and the State University of New York before moving to Toronto in 1975....
; lives in New York City - Libby ScheierLibby ScheierLibby Scheier was a Canadian poet and short story writer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at Sarah Lawrence College and the State University of New York before moving to Toronto in 1975....
(1946–2000), United States-born poet and short story writer who moved to Canada in 1975; mother of Jacob ScheierJacob ScheierJacob Scheier is a Canadian poet. His debut poetry collection, More to Keep Us Warm, was published by ECW Press in 2007 and was named the winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for English poetry.... - Matthew SchreuderMatthew SchreuderMatthew Schreuder is a writer, who lives in Sydney, Australia. In 2006 his verse novel 'Muscle' was short listed and highly commended in the annual 'The Australian'/Vogel Literary Award. 'Muscle' has been commended for offering originality and a very contemporary story of astute social observations...
(born 1971), writer and poet living in Australia - Andreas SchroederAndreas SchroederAndreas Schroeder is a German-born Canadian poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer who lives in the small town of Roberts Creek, British Columbia...
(born 1946), German-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer - Stephen ScobieStephen ScobieStephen Scobie is a Canadian poet, critic, and scholar.Born in Carnoustie, Scotland, Scobie relocated to Canada in 1965...
(born 1943), poet, critic, and academic - Duncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell Scott was a Canadian poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets....
(1862–1947), poet and writer - Duncan Scott, see Duncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell Scott was a Canadian poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets....
- F. R. ScottF. R. ScottFrancis Reginald Scott, CC commonly known as Frank Scott or F.R. Scott, was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and its successor, the New Democratic Party...
, also known as Frank Scott (1899–1985), poet, intellectual and constitutional expert - Peter Dale ScottPeter Dale ScottPeter Dale Scott is a Canadian born, former English professor at the University of California, Berkeley, a former diplomat and a poet....
(born 1929), poet and academic - Olive SeniorOlive SeniorOlive Marjorie Senior is a Jamaican poet and short story writer currently living in Canada.She went to Montego Bay High School For Girls, then at age 19 joined the staff of the Jamaica Gleaner in Kingston. She later won a scholarship to study journalism in Cardiff, Wales, and then at Carleton...
(born 1941), Jamaican poet and short story writer living in Canada - Robert W. ServiceRobert W. ServiceRobert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon".Service is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough...
(1874–1958), poet and writer - April SeverinApril SeverinApril A. Severin is the author of seven chapbooks, and three greeting cards. She is a League of Canadian Poets Associate member. Her poetry and interviews have been aired on CFMU, CIUT, and Aboriginal Voices Radio...
, author of seven chapbooks, and three greeting cards - Kathy ShaidleKathy ShaidleKathy Shaidle is a Canadian author, columnist, poet and blogger. A self-described "anarcho-peacenik" in the early years of her writing career, she moved to a conservative, Roman Catholic position following the attacks of September 11, 2001, and entered the public eye as the author of the popular...
(born 1964), author, columnist and poet - Francis ShermanFrancis Joseph ShermanFrancis Joseph Sherman was a Canadian poet.He published a number of books of poetry during the last years of the nineteenth century, including Matins and In Memorabilia Mortis .-Life:Sherman was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the son of Alice Maxwell Myrshall and Louis Walsh Sherman...
(1871-1926) - Joseph ShermanJoseph ShermanJoseph Howard Sherman was a Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. He was named to the Order of Canada in 2003.Selected Publications...
(1945–2006), poet and visual arts editor - Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
(1935–2003), American-born Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright and writer - Trish ShieldsTrish ShieldsTrish Shields is a Canadian poet and novelist.Born in Canada, Shields grew up in Europe before returning to live in Toronto, Ontario.Shields is the British Columbia chairperson for the Canadian Poetry Association and an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets, Canada Cuba Literary Alliance...
, poet and novelist - Sandy ShreveSandy ShreveSandy Shreve is a Canadian poet living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sandy has published four poetry collections, most recently Suddenly, So Much. Recent work has appeared in her chapbook, Cedar Cottage Suite and the journals Literary Canada Review, Exile, and The Windsor Review. A new...
, poet, newspaper reporter and office worker - Goran Simic (born 1952), Bosnian-born poet, playwright and short-story writer living in Canada since 1995
- Melanie SiebertMelanie SiebertMelanie Siebert is a Canadian poet. Her first book Deepwater Vee is a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.Siebert has an MFA from the University of Victoria.-References:...
- Anne SimpsonAnne Simpson-Career:Simpson received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Queen’s University, and she also graduated in Fine Arts from OCAD University . Subsequently, she worked as a CUSO volunteer English teacher for two years in Nigeria. She teaches part-time at St...
(born 1956), poet and novelist - Sue SinclairSue SinclairSue Sinclair is a Canadian poet. She was raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador,Carey, Barbara . , Toronto Star and studied at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, graduated in 1994 and then continued her education at the University of New Brunswick...
- Sonja SkarstedtSonja SkarstedtSonja Skarstedt was a Canadian poet, short story, playwright writer, painter and illustrator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, she was the founder and former editor of the literary magazine Zymergy, 1987-1991, and founder of Empyreal Press, 1990. She graduated from McGill University with a BA in English...
(born 1960), poet, short-story writer, playwright, painter and illustrator who founded and edited the now-defunct literary magazine Zymergy (1987–1991), and founded Empyreal Press in 1990 - Robin SkeltonRobin SkeltonRobin Skelton was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist.Born in Easington, Yorkshire, Skelton was educated at the University of Leeds and Cambridge University. From 1944 to 1947, he served with the Royal Air Force in India. He later taught at Manchester University...
, sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Georges Zuk", a purported French surrealist (born 1925–1997), BritishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
-born Canadian academic, writer, poet, translator and anthologist who immigrated to Canada in 1963; a founder and editor of The Mahalat Review - Daniel SloateDaniel SloateDaniel Sloate was a Canadian translator, poet and playwright.Sloate attended the University of Western Ontario and obtained a doctorate in French literature from the Sorbonne...
(1931–2009), translator, poet, playwright and academic - Carolyn SmartCarolyn SmartCarolyn Smart is an author, mostly of poetry, who lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She currently teaches Contemporary Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at Queen's University....
(born 1952), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
-born poet, author and academic - Elizabeth SmartElizabeth Smart (author)Elizabeth Smart was a Canadian poet and novelist. Her book, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, detailed her romance with the poet George Barker...
(1913–1986), poet and novelist whose book, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and WeptBy Grand Central Station I Sat Down and WeptBy Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept is a novel of prose poetry written by the Canadian author Elizabeth Smart and published in 1945. It is widely considered to be a classic of the genre....
, detailed her romance with English poet George BarkerGeorge Barker (poet)George Granville Barker was an English poet and author.-Life and work:Barker was born in Loughton, near Epping Forest in Essex, England, elder brother of Kit Barker [painter] George Barker was raised by his Irish mother and English father in Battersea, London. He was educated at an L.C.C. school... - A. J. M. SmithA. J. M. SmithArthur James Marshall Smith was a Canadian poet and anthologist. He "was a prominent member of a group of Montreal poets" -- the Montreal Group, which included Leon Edel, Leo Kennedy, A.M. Klein, and F.R...
(1902–1980), poet and academic - Douglas Burnet SmithDouglas Burnet SmithDouglas Burnet Smith is a Canadian poet. He is the author of twelve volumes of poetry. His Voices from a Farther Room was nominated for the Governor General's Award, the most prestigious literary award in Canada. In addition to winning numerous poetry awards, in 1989 Mr. Smith won The Malahat...
(born 1949) - John SmithJohn Smith (poet)-Early years:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Smith earned a degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto. He then studied philosophy in London, and later returned to Toronto to earn an MA in English.-Career:...
(born 1927), poet and academic - Michael V. SmithMichael V. SmithMichael V. Smith is a Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker, originally from Cornwall, Ontario and now living in Vancouver, British Columbia. His debut novel, Cumberland, was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2002...
novelist, poet and filmmaker - Ron SmithRon Smith (Canadian author)Ron Smith is a Canadian poet, author, playwright, former academic and the founder and current co-publisher of Oolichan Books in Lantzville, British Columbia.-Bio:...
(born 1943), poet, author, editor, playwright, and former academic; founder and co-publisher of Oolichan Books in 1984; influential in the founding of Theytus Books in 1971 - Karen SolieKaren SolieKaren Solie is a Canadian poet.Born in Moose Jaw, Solie grew up on the family farm in southwest Saskatchewan. Over the years, she has worked as a farm hand, an espresso jerk, a groundskeeper, a newspaper reporter/photographer, an academic research assistant, and an English teacher...
(born 1966) - John SolomonJohn Solomon (author)John Solomon is a Canadian poet. His best-selling book, Steamy Erotic Poetry, was published in 2002 by Red Ribbon Press. A 8th edition of Steamy Erotic Poetry was published in 2010 that includes 135 erotic poems. In 2010 a second collection of 70 poems was published, titled Erotic Love Poems...
, writer of erotic poetry books - David SolwayDavid SolwayDavid Solway is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent.He is a member of the Jubilate Circle and formerly a teacher of English Literature at John Abbott College...
(born 1941), poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic - Madeline SonikMadeline SonikMadeline Sonik is a Canadian author.Born in Detroit, Michigan, of mixed English-Russian parentage, she was educated at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and at the University of British Columbia, where she earned a doctorate for a thesis that explored the application of Jungian principles...
(born 1960), novelist, short-story writer, children's-book author, editor and poet - Carolyn Marie SouaidCarolyn Marie SouaidCarolyn Marie Souaid is a Canadian poet, educator, publisher and editor.-Biography:Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she studied at McGill University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a diploma in Education , and at Concordia University, where she earned a Master...
(born 1959), poet and editor, living in Montreal, co-founder of Poetry Quebec magazine - Raymond SousterRaymond SousterRaymond Holmes Souster, OC is a Canadian poet whose writing career spans almost 70 years. He has published more than 50 volumes of his own verse, and edited or co-edited a dozen volumes of others' poetry...
(born 1921), poet and (now retired) bank executive - Esta SpaldingEsta SpaldingEsta Alice Spalding is a Canadian author, screenwriter and poet who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2000 for Lost August. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Phillip Spalding and Linda Spalding, she grew up in Hawaii and currently resides in Guelph, Ontario....
(born 1966), American-born Canadian author, screenwriter and poet - Heather SpearsHeather SpearsHeather Spears is a Canadian poet, novelist, and artist living in Denmark. Educated at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver School of Art, Spears emigrated to Denmark in 1962 where she also studied at the University of Copenhagen....
(born 1934), poet, novelist, and artist living in Denmark since 1962 - Birk SproxtonBirk SproxtonBirk Sproxton was a Canadian poet and novelist who lived in Red Deer, Alberta.Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Sproxton studied in Winnipeg before moving west to Alberta. He taught creative writing at Red Deer College for over three decades, while working on his own projects...
(1943–2007), poet and novelist - Harold StandishHarold StandishHarold Edwin Standish was a Canadian poet and novelist, best known for his 1949 novel The Golden Time and his long poem The Lake of Souls...
(1919–1972), poet and novelist - George StanleyGeorge Stanley (poet)George Stanley is an award-winning American-Canadian poet associated with the San Francisco Renaissance in his early years and later a resident of British Columbia....
, American-born poet and academic associated with the San Francisco RenaissanceSan Francisco RenaissanceThe term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco and which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetic avant-garde. However, others The term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range...
in his early years, moved to Canada in the 1970s; associated with New Star Books and the Capilano Review - Carmine StarninoCarmine StarninoCarmine Starnino is a Canadian poet, essayist, educator, and editor.He was born in Montreal, Quebec, into an Italian heritage. His first poetry collection The New World was nominated for the 1997 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the 1997 Gerald Lampert Award...
, essayist, educator, and editor - John StefflerJohn Steffler-Biography:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Steffler was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Guelph. Since 1975 he has lived in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador where he taught at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College...
(born 1947), poet and novelist - Ian StephensIan Stephens (poet)Ian Stephens was a Canadian poet, journalist and musician from Montreal, best known as one of the major Canadian voices in the spoken word movement of the 1990s...
(died 1996), journalist, musician and poet associated with the spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
movement - Ricardo SternbergRicardo SternbergRicardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg is a Canadian poet.Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sternberg moved to the United States with his family when he was fifteen. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Riverside and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from...
(born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States - Richard StevensonRichard StevensonRichard Stevenson is a Canadian poet, born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1952, he now lives in Lethbridge, Alberta.Works:*Drving Offensively - 1985*Suiting Up - Third Eye Press 1986*Whatever it is Plants Dream... - 1990...
- Shannon StewartShannon Stewart (poet)-Writing:Stewart's first collection of poetry, The Canadian Girl, was published in 1998, and was a finalist for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Book of Poetry...
- W. Gregory StewartW. Gregory StewartW. Gregory Stewart is a poet most associated with speculative fiction. He has won the Rhysling Award four times.He was born in Canada, has lived in Australia, and currently resides in Los Angeles. Aside from poetry he also writes short fiction and was a past nominee for the Nebula Award for Best...
(born 1950), poet, science fiction author, short-story writer who works at a public utility and lives in Los Angeles, California - John StilesJohn StilesJohn Stiles was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the author of the poetry collections Scouts are Cancelled and Creamsicle Stick Shivs, as well as the novels The Insolent Boy and Taking the Stairs. Featured on CBC's 'Q', Much Music, and TVO's 'Imprint', John has...
, poet living in London, United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is... - Anne StoneAnne StoneAnne Stone is a Canadian writer.Primarily an underground literary figure, Stone alleged in 2000 that she ghostwrote the majority of Nega Mezlekia's award-winning memoir Notes from the Hyena's Belly. Mezlekia responded that Stone's role in the book's publication was strictly that of a copy editor,...
, poet, writer and performance artist - Betsy StruthersBetsy StruthersBetsy Struthers is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Peterborough, Ontario. She was co-editor and contributor to Poets in the Classroom, an anthology of essays about teaching poetry workshops written by members of the League of Canadian Poets...
(born 1951), poet and novelist - Alan SullivanAlan SullivanEdward Alan Sullivan was a Canadian poet and author of short stories.-History:Born in St. George's Rectory, Montreal, he was the oldest son of Edward Sullivan and Frances Mary Renaud. In 1869, his father became rector of Trinity Church, Chicago. The family lived to the city in 1871, and thus...
(1868–1947), poet, short-story writer, railroad surveyor and mining engineer - Rosemary SullivanRosemary SullivanRosemary Sullivan is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist.Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois on Lac St. Louis, which is located just outside of Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from St. Thomas high school, she attended McGill University on a scholarship, and earned her...
(born 1947), poet, biographer, academic and anthologist - John SutherlandJohn Sutherland (Canadian writer)John Sutherland was a Canadian poet, literary critic, and magazine editor based in Montreal, Quebec. Although he published numerous poems of his own, he was perhaps better known as the founder and editor of two important Canadian literary magazines, First Statement and Northern Review...
(1919–1956), poet, literary critic, and magazine editor who founded and edited First StatementFirst StatementFirst Statement was a Canadian literary magazine published in Montreal, Quebec from 1942 to 1945. During its short life the magazine, along with its rival publication Preview with which it often shared contributors, provided one of the few publication avenues for modernist Canadian poetry at a time...
in 1942 and its successor publication, Northern ReviewNorthern ReviewNorthern Review was a Montreal-based literary magazine published in Canada between 1945 and 1956. It resulted from the merger between two earlier magazines, Preview and First Statement, both of which were also Montreal-based. Poet and literary critic John Sutherland, who founded First Statement,...
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- Robert SwardRobert SwardRobert Sward is an American and Canadian poet and novelist. Jack Foley, in his Introduction to Sward's Collected Poems, 1957-2004 calls him, "in truth, a citizen, at heart, of both countries...
(born 1933), American and Canadian poet and novelist - George SwedeGeorge SwedeGeorge Swede , is a Canadian psychologist, poet and children's writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario...
(born 1940), Latvian-born Canadian children's writer and poet who writes Haiku in EnglishHaiku in EnglishHaiku in English is a development of the Japanese haiku poetic form in the English language.Contemporary haiku are written in many languages, but most poets outside of Japan are concentrated in the English-speaking countries.... - Michael Ernest SweetMichael Ernest SweetMichael Ernest Sweet is a Canadian educator, writer and non-profit executive.Michael Sweet holds a bachelor in independent studies from St. Mary's University, a bachelor of education from Nipissing University's Schulich School of Education and a master of arts in educational philosophy from...
(born 1979), poet, writer and founder of a non-profit educational organization - Todd SwiftTodd SwiftTodd Swift is a Canadian poet, editor, cultural activist and university lecturer based in the United Kingdom.Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He received a B.A. in English from Concordia University and an M.A...
(born 1966), poet, editor and academic living in the United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is... - Anne SzumigalskiAnne SzumigalskiAnne Szumigalski, SOM was a Canadian poet.- Life :She was born Anne Howard Davies in London, England, and grew up mostly in a Hampshire village. She served with the Red Cross as a medical auxiliary officer and interpreter during World War II, following British Army forces in 1944-5 across parts of...
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- Heather TaylorHeather TaylorHeather Taylor is a Canadian poet, writer, filmmaker, and social media and community specialist whose work has been produced throughout Europe, Asia, Australia & North America. She has been a host on Resonance FM & Sound Radio with guest slots on CBC, CKUA , CKUF & BBC London Radio...
(born 1977), poet, playwright and teacher living in England since 2002 - Ruth Taylor (1961–2006), poet, editor and academic
- John TerpstraJohn TerpstraJohn Terpstra is a Canadian poet and carpenter.During much of his childhood, he lived in Edmonton, Alberta, but moved back to Ontario to attend high school in Hamilton, where he lives today.-Awards and recognition:...
, poet and carpenter - Sharon ThesenSharon ThesenSharon Thesen is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at UBC-O.In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize.-Bibliography:*Artemis Hates Romance - 1980...
(born 1946), poet and academic - Edward William ThomsonEdward William Thomson (writer)Edward William Thomson was a Canadian journalist and writer.He was born in Peel County, Ontario, the grandson of Edward William Thomson, a member of the York militia who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada....
(born 1849–1924), journalist, writer and poet - John ThompsonJohn Thompson (poet)John Thompson was an English-born Canadian poet.John Thompson was born in Timperley in 1938. Following the death of his father and abandonment by his mother, he was educated at various boarding schools and the Manchester Grammar School. He received his B.A. in honours psychology from the...
(1938–1976) - Matthew TierneyMatthew TierneyMatthew F. Tierney is a Canadian poet.After originally studying in the sciences and dabbling in the theatre, Tierney received a B.A. in English from the University of Toronto and an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Brunswick...
(born 1970) - Jose TlatelpasJose TlatelpasJosé Tlatelpas is a Mexican poet, essayist, visual artist, journalist, publisher, writer and political activist for civil rights...
(born 1953), Mexican native and Canadian resident; Native cultures poet, publisher, and political activist - Mohamud Siad ToganeMohamud Siad ToganeMohamud Siad Togane , born in 1943, is a Somali-Canadian poet, professor, and political activist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, Togane was educated by Mennonite missionaries in his home country, and subsequently moved to the United States. Togane graduated from Eastern Mennonite College in 1969, where...
(born 1943), Somali native and Canadian resident; poet, academic, and political activist - Lola Lemire TostevinLola Lemire TostevinLola Lemire Tostevin is a Canadian poet and novelist. Although not widely known among the general public, she is one of Canada's leading feminist writers, and a prominent figure in Canadian literary analysis....
(born 1937), poet, novelist and writer - Rhea TregebovRhea TregebovRhea Tregebov is a Canadian poet and children's writer who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.- Background :Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tregebov attended the University of Manitoba, Cornell and Boston universities. For many years she lived in Toronto,...
(born 1953), poet and children's writer - Raymond D. TremblayRaymond D. TremblayRaymond D. Tremblay graduated with a Masters in Social Work from Carleton University in 1969. He is a writer of Métis origin...
, poet, writer, social services agency official - Roland Michel TremblayRoland Michel TremblayRoland Michel Tremblay is a French Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer and science-fiction consultant. He has been living in London since 1995.- Biography :...
(born 1972), French-Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer and science-fiction consultant who moved to London, EnglandEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
in 1995 - Tony TremblayTony TremblayTony Tremblay is a French Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality, born in Jonquière, Quebec in 1968, and now living in Montreal.Tony Tremblay is the co-founder of Exit poetry magazine...
(born 1968), French-Canadian poet, writer, spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
artist, journalist and radio personality - Peter TrowerPeter TrowerPeter Gerald Trower is a Canadian poet and novelist.Trower was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, and came to Canada in 1940. He worked for 22 years as a logger and has been writing professionally since 1971....
(born 1930), poet and novelist - Mark TruscottMark TruscottMark Truscott is a Toronto poet. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. He attended several public schools and Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario and went on for a B.A. and M.A...
(born 1970), born in the United States - Élise TurcotteÉlise TurcotteÉlise Turcotte is a Canadian writer who was born in Sorel, Quebec on June 26, 1957. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the University of Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently...
(born 26 June 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet - John TyndallJohn Tyndall (Canadian poet)John Tyndall is a Canadian poet living in London, Ontario, whose work has been published in several anthologies and has been collected in two full-length volumes...
- Daniel Scott TysdalDaniel Scott TysdalDaniel Scott Tysdal is a Canadian poet whose work approaches the lyric mode with an experimental spirit. In June 2007, Tysdal received the ReLit Award for Poetry....
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- Marie UguayMarie UguayMarie Uguay was a French Canadian poet from the province of Quebec.She was born in the former town of Ville-Émard which has now become a district of the city of Montreal....
(1955–1981), French- CanadianCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
poet - Priscilla UppalPriscilla UppalPriscila Uppal is a Canadian poet and novelist. She graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1993. She teaches literature and creative writing at York University in Toronto...
(born 1974), poet and novelist - David UU (David W. Harris)David UU (David W. Harris)David UU , or David W. Harris, is considered an accomplished concrete and experimental poet and an important small press publisher. Along with bill bissett and bpNichol, he was a pioneer of the concrete poetry movement in Canada, and perhaps the first Canadian poet to explore visual collage...
(1948–1994), visual poet
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- R. M. VaughanR. M. VaughanRichard Murray Vaughan is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright.A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of New Brunswick, Vaughan currently lives in Toronto. He was playwright-in-residence at Buddies in Bad Times in 1994-95, and has published numerous works, including...
, poet, novelist and playwright - Paul VermeerschPaul VermeerschPaul Joseph Vermeersch is a Canadian poet.Born in Mississauga, Ontario, he grew up in Southwestern Ontario and lives in Toronto.His first collection, Burn , was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award...
(born 1973) - Gilles VigneaultGilles VigneaultGilles Vigneault, is a Canadian poet, publisher and singer-songwriter, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist.A poet deeply rooted in his native Quebec, Vigneault has become an icon at home and Quebec ambassador abroad...
(born 1928), Québéc poet, publisher and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist - Pamelia Sarah ViningPamelia Sarah ViningPamelia Sarah Yule née Vining was a Canadian poet.VINING, PAMELIA SARAH , teacher and author; b. 10 April 1826 in Clarendon, N. Y., daughter of Daniel Vining and Lydia —; m. 6 April 1866 James Colton Yule in Woodstock, Upper Canada; they had no children; d...
(1826–1897) - Garth Von BuchholzGarth Von BuchholzGarth von Buchholz is a Canadian author of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia. He currently lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia...
(also G.A. Buchholz) (born 1968) British Columbia poet, dark fiction author, playwright, journalist and arts critic
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- Miriam WaddingtonMiriam WaddingtonMiriam Waddington was a Canadian poet, short story writer and translator.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she studied English at the University of Toronto and social work the University of Pennsylvania . She worked for many years as a social worker in Montreal...
née Dworkin 1917–2004), poet, short story writer and translator - Fred WahFred WahFrederick James Wah is a Canadian poet, novelist, and scholar.Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but grew up in the interior of British Columbia. His Canadian-born father was raised in China, the son of a Chinese father and a Scots-Irish mother. Fred Wah's mother was a Swedish-born...
(born 1939), poet, novelist, and scholar - Bronwen WallaceBronwen WallaceBronwen Wallace was a Canadian poet and short story writer.Wallace was born in Kingston, Ontario. She attended Queen's University, Kingston . In 1970, she moved to Windsor, Ontario, where she founded a women's bookstore and became active in working class and women's activist groups...
(1945–1989), poet and short story writer - Tom WalmsleyTom WalmsleyTom Walmsley is a Canadian playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter.Born in Liverpool, Walmsley came to Canada with his family in 1952, and was raised in Oshawa, Ontario and Lorraine, Quebec...
(born 1948), playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter - Agnes WalshAgnes WalshAgnes Walsh is a Canadian actor, poet, playwright and storyteller from Newfoundland.Walsh has won Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters awards for poetry as well as TickleAce poetry and ballad writing awards. Her poems have been translated into French and Portuguese...
(born 1950), actor, poet, playwright and storyteller - David Waltner-ToewsDavid Waltner-ToewsDavid Waltner-Toews is a Canadian epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health...
(born 1948), epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health - Terry WatadaTerry WatadaTerry Watada is a Toronto writer with many productions and publications to his credit. His publications include Ten Thousand Views of Rain , Seeing the Invisible , Daruma Days , Bukkyo Tozen: a History of Buddhism in Canada and A...
author, writer, and poet - Alison WattAlison Watt (writer)Alison Watt is a Canadian, writer, and painter.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Watt grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She studied biology at Simon Fraser University and botany at the University of British Columbia...
(born 1957), writer, poet and painter - Tom WaymanTom WaymanThomas Ethan Wayman is a Canadian poet and academic.Born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Wayman has lived most of his life in British Columbia. He studied at the University of British Columbia, Colorado State University, and the University of California, Irvine.Wayman has received the Canadian Authors...
(born 1945), poet and academic - Phyllis WebbPhyllis WebbPhyllis Webb, is a Canadian poet and radio broadcaster. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes her as "a writer of stature in Canadian letters", and calls her work "brilliantly crafted, formal in its energies and humane in its concern"....
(born 1927), poet and radio broadcaster - John WeierJohn WeierJohn Weier is a Canadian poet born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1949. Formerly the President of the League of Canadian Poets, he has published five collections of poetry as well as a number of works of fiction and non-fiction. He was recently the Writer-in-Residence at the Winnipeg Public...
(born 1949) - Robert Stanley WeirRobert Stanley WeirRobert Stanley Weir, FRSC, was a Montreal, Quebec judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to O Canada, the national anthem of Canada. He was educated as a teacher and lawyer and considered one of the leading experts of the day on Quebec's municipal civil law...
(1856–1926), judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to O CanadaO CanadaIt has been noted that the opening theme of "O Canada" bears a strong resemblance to the "Marsch der Priester" , from the opera Die Zauberflöte , composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and that Lavallée's melody was inspired by Mozart's tune...
, the national anthem of Canada - Zachariah WellsZachariah WellsZachariah Wells is a Canadian poet, critic, essayist and editor.Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he grew up in the rural community of Hazel Grove. Wells attended high school in Ottawa, Ontario and university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As an undergraduate, he spent summers working in...
(born 1976), poet, critic, essayist and editor - Darren Wershler-HenryDarren Wershler-HenryDarren Wershler aka Darren Wershler-Henry is a Canadian experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic.A former grave digger, he was the senior editor of Coach House Books between 1997 and 2002, where the works he edited included several highly acclaimed books of contemporary innovative...
(born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic - David WevillDavid WevillDavid Wevill is a Canadian poet and translator. He became a dual citizen in 1994. Wevill is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin....
(born 1935) - Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality
- Michael WhelanMichael WhelanMichael Whelan is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years he worked as an illustrator specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art...
(born 1858–1937) teacher, bookkeeper and poet - Zoe WhittallZoe WhittallZoe Whittall is a Canadian poet and novelist. She has published three novels and three poetry collections. Her latest novel, The Middle Ground, is a short novel for adults with low literacy skills...
(born 1976), poet and novelist - Anne WilkinsonAnne Wilkinson (poet)Anne Wilkinson was a Canadian poet who was part of the modernist movement in Canadian poetry in the 1940s and 50s, one of only a few prominent women poets of the time along with Dorothy Livesay and P.K. Page. Wilkinson published two books of poetry, Counterpoint to Sleep and The Hangman Ties the...
(1910–1961) Canadian poet, writer and essayist - Sheri-D WilsonSheri-D WilsonSheri-D Wilson is a Canadian poet and playwright.Sheri-D Wilson has written seven collections of poetry; her most recent, Autopsy of a Turvy World , was launched in April 2008. Her last collection, Re:Zoom , won the 2006 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, and was shortlisted for the CanLit...
, poet and playwright - Rob WingerRob WingerRob Winger is an Ontario-born poet.Winger received an MA in English literature from the University of Guelph in 2002 and a PhD from Carleton University in 2009....
, poet and academic - Theresa WolfwoodTheresa WolfwoodTheresa Wolfwood is the director of the Barnard Boecker Centre Foundation in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She organizes, writes and speaks on issues concerning peace, social justice, women, globalization and human rights. She participated in the World Peace Forum in Vancouver and was an...
, political activist and poet - George WoodcockGeorge WoodcockGeorge Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, and published several volumes of travel writing. He founded in 1959 the journal Canadian Literature, the first academic journal specifically...
(1912–1995), poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historiian; the founder (in 1959) of the journal Canadian LiteratureCanadian Literature (journal)Canadian Literature is a quarterly of criticism and review published out of the University of British Columbia.Canadian Literature was founded in 1959 by George Woodcock, who produced 73 issues before retiring in 1977. After Woodcock's retirement, the University of British Columbia invited William... - Lance WoolaverLance WoolaverLance Gerard Woolaver is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director, whose works include World Without Shadows, Lord Strange, and Portia White:First You Dream"....
(born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director
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- J. Michael YatesJ. Michael YatesJ. Michael Yates is a Canadian poet and dramatist.J. Michael Yates was born in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and did graduate degrees at the Universities of Missouri and Michigan and received an honorary doctorate from Ohio University. He is a widely published author of poetry, fiction, drama,...
(born 1938), poet and dramatist - Jean YoonJean YoonJean Yoon is a Canadian actress, poet and playwright, based in Toronto.Her best-known role internationally was flight attendant Betty Ong in The Path to 9/11. Her other film and television roles have included A Brighter Moon, Waking the Dead, Forget Me Never, Dragon Boys, In the Company of Spies...
(born 1962), actor, poet and playwright - D'bi YoungD'bi YoungD'bi Young is a Jamaican-Canadian dub poet, monodramatist, and educator, as well as a Dora-winning actor and playwright. Raised Debbie Young in Jamaica, she moved to Canada in 1993...
born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993; dub poet, actor and playwright
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- David ZierothDavid ZierothDavid Dale Zieroth is a Canadian poet. He won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 1999 for How I Joined Humanity at Last, and the Governor General's Award for English language poetry in 2009 for The Fly in Autumn.-Works:*Clearing: Poems from a Journey *Mid-River *When the Stones Fly Up *The Weight...
- Carolyn ZonailoCarolyn ZonailoCarolyn Zonailo is a Canadian poet and publisher.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Zonailo studied at the University of Rochester, from which she received a B.A. in literature 1971. IN 1980, she received a M.A. in literature from Simon Fraser University...
(born 1947), poet and publisher - Jan ZwickyJan ZwickyJan Zwicky is a Canadian philosopher, poet, essayist, and musician.She received her B.A. from the University of Calgary and earned her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1981 where her studies focussed on the philosophy of logic and science...
(born 1955), philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist - Rachel ZolfRachel ZolfRachel Zolf is a Canadian poet and literary editor. She is the author of four poetry collections. Human Resources won the 2008 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award...
, poet and editor