Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply James Langer Born in Kitchener, ON, but raised in Heart’s Desire, Trinity Bay, NL, James Langer is the author of Gun Dogs (Anansi), which won The Gerald Lampert… Leigh Hunt A controversial figure in his time, the English poet Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) spent two years in prison for attacking the Prince Regent in print in… Milton Acorn Milton James Rhode Acorn was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. As a trooper in World War II, he sustained a brain injury that affected… Amy Lowell American poet Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was born into a wealthy New England family. She was inspired by and passionately aligned herself with the… Karen Solie Karen Solie was born in Moose Jaw and grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her first collection of poems, Short Haul Engine, won the Dorothy Livesay… Richard Harrison Richard Harrison’s On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood (Wolsak & Wynn) won the 2017 Governor General’s and Stephan G. Stephansson (… Walter De La Mare Born in Kent, the English poet Walter De La Mare (1873-1956) wrote horror stories, novels, and works for children in addition to poems. His poems—… Raymond Antrobus A veteran of the London, UK, slam and open-mic scene who often includes sign language in his performances, Raymond Antrobus writes of his Jamaican/… Rabindranath Tagore The first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was born in Calcutta, India, and wrote in Bengali. An… Dante Gabriel Rossetti The English painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who rejected Mannerist… Hart Crane The American poet Hart Crane (1899-1932) was born in Garrettsville, Ohio, though he moved to New York City while still a teenager. Inspired by the… Marie Annharte Baker Marie Annharte Baker is an Anishinabe poet originally from Little Saskatchewan First Nation, Manitoba. She confronts the overlapping oppressions… Load More Language English