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Also Known As Sylvia Bayer • George Colman • Saint-Jean De Luc • Miles Underwood
Born December 15, 1909 • Montreal • Canada
Died January 29, 1981 (aged 71) • Montreal • Canada
Margaret Atwood smiling at the camera, wearing a red scarf with butterfly patterns and a black top, in front of an orange background with inspirational words.
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje
Canadian writer
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Sue Goyette
Canadian poet and novelist
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Al Purdy
Canadian author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canadian poet
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Anne Michaels
Canadian poet and novelist
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Susan Musgrave
American-born author
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Timothy Findley
Canadian author
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Isabella Valancy Crawford
Canadian poet
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Morley Callaghan
Canadian author
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Earle Birney
Canadian writer and educator
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James Crerar Reaney
Canadian writer
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Patrick Anderson
Canadian poet
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Dorothy Livesay
Canadian poet
William Kirby.
William Kirby
Canadian writer
Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service
Canadian writer
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Colm Toibin stands in a narrow cobblestone alleyway in Mantova, Italy, wearing a gray jacket and black shirt with his hands in his pockets.
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage
British poet, playwright, and novelist
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author

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