Al Purdy fonds. [1972-1999].

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Al Purdy fonds. [1972-1999].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/688600937

The fonds consists of correspondence from Lorna Crozier, William Deverell, Kuldip Gill, Martin Gray, Eldon Grier, George Johnston, Peter Trower, Miriam Waddington, George Woodcock and William New. Signed manuscript of Purdy's poem "Winter at Roblin Lake".

1 cm of textual records.

University of Victoria Libraries, UVic

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SNAC Resource ID: 7974417

University of Victoria Libraries, UVic

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Gray, Martin, 1922-....

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Deverell, William, 1937-

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Crozier, Lorna, 1948-....

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Purdy, Al, 1918-2000

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Al Purdy was born in Wooler, Ontario in 1918. Canadian poet and writer, Purdy won the Governor General's award for poetry in 1965 for the Cariboo Horses, then again in 1986 for Collected Poems. As a working class poet he won the 1987 People's poet award (in memory of Milton Acorn) for Collected Poems. From the description of Al Purdy papers 1956-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225474093 Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC, O.Ont (December 30, 1918-April 21, 2000) was a Canadian...

Trower, Peter, 1930-

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Johnston, George, 1913 Oct. 7-2004.

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Woodcock, George, 1912-1995

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George Woodcock was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was raised and educated in England where, in the late 1930s, he met many members of London's literary circle including Dylan Thomas, Roy Campbell, Herbert Read and George Orwell. Woodcock returned to Canada in 1949 and joined UBC's Department of English seven years later. He became editor of the newly-formed journal Canadian Literature and served in this capacity until his retirement in 1977. In Canada Woodcock is best known as a poet, critic, d...

New, W.H. (William Herbert), 1938-

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William Herbert (Bill) New was born in Vancouver, 28 March 1938. He enrolled at the University of British Columbia in 1956. Over the next five years, he completed the Secondary Teacher Training program, earning his teaching certificate and specializing in Geography and English. After graduating with his B.Ed. degree (with the Maxwell Cameron Medal) in 1961, he won a scholarship to enter the M.A. program in English; there he began in earnest his studies of Canadian writing and the politics of reg...

Waddington, Miriam, 1917-2004.

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Gill, Kuldip, 1934-

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Grier, Eldon, 1917-2001.

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