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McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971, with a dissertation on the poetry of Dylan Thomas. He taught creative writing and English for 27 years in universities including the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick .
His work, with its overt humour, reflections on contemporary urban life, and interest in the mistakes of the imagination is influenced by Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery and the New York School of the 1950s, as well as the Beat writers of the 1960s such as Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His work focuses on Canadian subjects, settings and ...
Lisa Richter (born c. 1977), poet, winner of the 2020 (U.S.) National Jewish Book Award for poetry; Emily Riddle; Sandra Ridley; Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943), poet and prose writer; called the "Father of Canadian Poetry" for his influence on other poets; Lisa Robertson (born 1961), poet, essayist, and writer; Matt Robinson (born 1974)
[6] The poetry included "On the Way to the Mission" and the much-anthologized "The Forsaken," two of Scott's best-known "Indian poems." Lundy's Lane and Other Poems (1916) seemed "to have been cobbled together at the insistence of his publishers, who wanted a collection of his work that had not been published in any previous volume.".
The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972–82, Ursa Major: Barry Broadfoot: 1926 2003 historian Six War Years, The Immigrant Years: Hélène Brodeur: 1923 2010 historical fiction Les chroniques du Nouvel-Ontario, The Saga of Northern Ontario: Eve Brodlique: 1867 1949 author, journalist A Training School for Lovers: David Bromige: 1933 ...
[2] She was the author of more than 30 published books that include poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography. [3] As a visual artist, she exhibited her work as P.K. Irwin at a number of venues in Canada and abroad.
The first book of poetry published in Canada following the formation of the new Dominion of Canada in 1867 was Dreamland by Charles Mair (1868).. A group of poets now known as the "Confederation Poets", including Charles G. D. Roberts, Archibald Lampman, Bliss Carman, Duncan Campbell Scott, and William Wilfred Campbell, came to prominence in the 1880s and 1890s.
Cyril Dabydeen ([1] is a Guyana-born Canadian writer of Indian descent.He grew up in Rose Hall sugar plantation with the sense of Indian indenture rooted in his family background (he lived with his mother and with a grandmother in an extended family of aunt, nieces, nephews).