Al Purdy

Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy

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If you want to read some decent strong human stuff without fakery I'd say Al Purdy the Canadian. . . one of the few very good poets since 1900. -Charles Bukowski Purdy is one of the most substantial poets in English of the century. -Dennis Lee

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Atwood, Margaret (Solist) / Solecki, Sam (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-55017-225-6
EAN: 9781550172256
Produktnummer: 9048172
Verlag: Harbour Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 608 S.
Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.8 cm x D4.9 cm 1'039 g
Gewicht: 1039

Über den Autor

Save the Al Purdy A-Frame Campaign The Canadian League of Poets has declared a National Al Purdy Day!Al Purdy was born December 30, 1918, in Wooler, Ontario and died at Sidney, BC, April 21, 2000. Raised in Trenton, Ontario, he lived throughout Canada as he developed his reputation as one of Canada's greatest writers. His collections included two winners of the Governor General's Award, Cariboo Horses (1965) and Collected Poems (1986)and other classics such as Poems for All the Annettes, In Search of Owen Roblin and Piling Blood. Later in life, he travelled widely with his wife Eurithe and settled in Ameliasburg, Ontario and Sidney, BC. In addition to his thirty-three books of poetry, he published a novel, an autobiography and nine collections of essays and correspondence. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1983 and the Order of Ontario in 1987. His ashes are buried in Ameliasburg at the end of Purdy Lane.