Al Purdy
(1918-2000)
Canadian poet
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Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC OOnt (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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30 December 1918 Wooler, Ontario
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| Died |
21 April 2000 (aged 81) North Saanich, British Columbia
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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