Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply Anne Carson Anne Carson was born in Toronto, has lived in Montreal, and currently lives in Michigan. In high school, a Latin teacher taught her ancient Greek… 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… Audre Lorde Audre Lorde, a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”, dedicated her life and talent to confronting the injustices of racism,… Walter Scott Born in Edinburgh, the Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist Water Scott initially studied law but later focused on creative work and translation.… Paul Laurence Dunbar The son of former slaves, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was born in Dayton, Ohio. Dunbar published his first poem at 14 and was nationally… Henry Wadsworth Longfellow One of the American Fireside Poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) is best known for long, musical pieces like “The Song of Hiawatha” and “… 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… Ted Berrigan Born in Rhode Island, USA, Ted Berrigan is considered a major figure of the “second generation” of the New York School of poetry. His work is… Grace Nichols Nichols was born in Guyana in 1950, and moved to live in the UK in 1977. Her work is influenced by the history and culture of her homeland, in… jaye simpson jaye simpson is a Two-Spirit Oji-Cree person of the Buffalo Clan with roots in Sapotaweyak and Skownan Cree Nation who often writes about being… Y S Lee Y. S. Lee’s poems have won Contemporary Verse 2’s 2022 Foster Prize and been anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2025 and Best Canadian… Gbenga Adesina Gbenga Adesina, a Nigerian poet and essayist, is the inaugural Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Black and Diasporic Poetry at the Furious Flower… Load More Language English
