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The page of Purdy, Al, English biography

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Purdy, Al
(Alfred Wellington Purdy)
(1918–2000)
 

Biography

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."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Purdy

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