Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply W. H. Drummond The Irish-born poet William Henry Drummond (1854-1907) emigrated to Canada when he was a boy, settling in Montreal. Drummond practiced medicine for… Jason Purcell Jason Purcell is a writer, editor, musician, and bookshop owner living and working on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta. His debut poetry… Kevin Spenst Kevin Spenst (he/him) loves poetry! His seventeenth chapbook came out with Anstruther Press and his fourth full-length collection A Bouquet… Durs Grünbein Durs Grünbein was born in Dresden in 1962, and now lives in Berlin and Rome. Since 2005, he has been a professor of poetics and aesthetics at the… Sarah Tolmie Sarah Tolmie has loved early English since she was a teenager because of its weirdness. She did degrees in medieval studies at Toronto and Cambridge… William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is closely connected to poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with whom he wrote Lyrical Ballads, a major work of the English… Gwendolyn MacEwen Born in Toronto, Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987) began writing and publishing while still in her teens, eventually publishing over 20 books in her… Ben Jonson The poet and dramatist Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was a major literary figure of the Renaissance period and a contemporary of William Shakespeare.… Queen Elizabeth I One of history’s most powerful women, Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She ascended to the… Ruth Daniell Ruth Daniell is a speech arts teacher, editor, award-winning writer, and the author of The Brightest Thing (Caitlin Press, 2019). Her… John Dryden The influential English Restoration poet John Dryden (1631-1700) was born in Northamptonshire and was the oldest of 14 children. He established the… Jalal al-Din Rumi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, is treasured for his elegant writings on love, beauty, acceptance and devotion. Famous in his… Load More Language English
