Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply Leigh Hunt A controversial figure in his time, the English poet Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) spent two years in prison for attacking the Prince Regent in print in… Canisia Lubrin Canisia Lubrin is a writer, editor, teacher and critic, with work published widely in North America, as well as in the U.K.. Translations of her work… Marilyn Dumont Marilyn Dumont was born in Alberta. She has published three award-winning books of poetry, including A Really Good Brown Girl, which won the Gerald… Lorna Goodison Lorna Goodison is an internationally acclaimed poet who served as Jamaica’s poet laureate from 2017 to 2020. In personal stories of her family and in… Edgar Albert Guest Born in England, Edgar Albert Guest emigrated to the United States when he was ten and moved to Detroit. A popular poet and journalist, Guest wrote… Mohja Kahf Mohja Kahf is a Syrian-American poet, novelist, and professor who was born in Damascus. She is the author of four poetry collections. Her most… William Butler Yeats The first person from Ireland to win the Nobel Prize, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was one of the great intellectual figures of the 20th… Douglas Walbourne-Gough Douglas Walbourne-Gough is a mixed/adopted member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation from Corner Brook, NL. He graduated from MUN’s Grenfell campus… John Ashbery Born in Rochester, NY, on a farm near Lake Ontario, John Ashbery won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror and the… E. Pauline Johnson The Canadian poet E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was born on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. The daughter of a Mohawk chief and… George Herbert The Welsh poet George Herbert (1593-1633) was a scholar who served in Parliament for two years before he was ordained as an Anglican priest. His… Robert Priest For decades Robert Priest has inspired students of all ages with his poetry presentations and workshops. Winner of the People's Poetry award,… Load More Language English
