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Dec 30, 1918 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada Died on 21 Apr 2000 (aged 81)

Canadian poet

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About Al Purdy

  • Alfred Wellington Purdy, (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet.
  • Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years.
  • His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works.
  • He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."

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