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Al Purdy

Canadian poet

Died when: 81 years 113 days (975 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Al Purdy

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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