List of Canadian poets

This is a list of Canadian poets . Inevitably there will be an overlap with the list of Canadian writers . Their necessity arises from the fact that some Canadian poets predominantly cultivate the long poem and are therefore inaccurately assigned to the Canadian writers. In addition, since the 1960s, particularly through the influential Canadian poetry magazine TISH , there have been various cross-connections and migrations in both directions between American poets of the west coast and the Black Mountain Poetsand Canada, which were reinforced by the Vietnam War, so that a number of poets of both nationalities and regardless of their place of residence or citizenship are included. This list includes both English-speaking and French-speaking authors from Canada .

A.

Mark Abley (* 1955), Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction author.
Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer and playwright
Gil Adamson , novelist, poet, short story writer
Marie-Célie Agnant (* 1953), born in Haiti, has lived in Canada since 1970; Novelist, poet and author of children's books
Kateri Akiwenzie Dam (* 1965), Native American writer and poet, founder (1993) of Kegedonce Press , specializing in native writers
John Akpata (2003), writer, poet, musician, politician
Donald Alarie (* 1945), writer, poet and teacher
Edna Alford , editor, writer and poet, one of the founders of Dundelion magazine

Sundra Allund (* 1973), Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, small publisher and activist

Donna Allard , editor and poet

Lillian Allen (* 1951), dub poet

Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005), playwright, poet, novelist, literary critic and publisher, was born in Egypt and moved to Canada when she was 12.

George Amabile (* 1936)

Marguerite Andersen (* 1924), born in Germany, predominantly Francophone writer, academic and editor

Patrick Anderson (1915–1979), British-Canadian poet and academic

Rod Anderson (1935), poet, musician and consultant

Michael Andre (* 1946), poet, literary critic and editor, lives in the United States

Jeannette Armstrong (* 1948), Native American author, educator, artist and activist

David Arnason (born 1940), author and poet

Rod Anderson (born 1935), poet, musician and chartered accountant

Joanne Arnott (* 1960), poet, essayist, activist, writer

Margaret Atwood (* 1939), poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist

Margaret Avison (1918-2007)

B.

Lisa B , poet
Ken Babstock
Alfred Bailey (1905–1997), poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian and academic counselor
Jacob Bailey (1731–1808), a United States-born church servant and poet who immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779
Chris Banks (* 1970)
Kaushalya Bannerji , born in India
Frances Bannerman
Gary Barwin , author, composer, children's book author and poet
Jalal Barzanji (* 1953), Kurdish poet and writer, has lived in Canada since 1998
Shaunt Basmajian (1950–1990), poet and author
Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (* 1967), Canadian poet and journalist born in Ivory Coast
Bill Bauer , US-born poet who has lived in Canada since 1965 and is married to Nancy Bauer .
Nancy Bauer (* 1934), US-born poet who has lived in Canada since 1965 and is married to Bill Bauer .
Doug Beardsley (born 1941), poet and academic
Nérée Beauchemin (1850–1931), Francophone poet and doctor
Derek Beaulieu (* 1973), poet, publisher and ethnologist.
Joseph-Isidore Bédard (1806–1833), poet, lawyer and politician
Ven Begamudré , Indian-born poet, short story writer, writer, novelist and academic
Henry Beissel (* 1929), poet, author, writer and editor
Ken Belford (born 1946)
John Bemrose , art journalist, novelist, poet and playwright
Robbie Benoit († 2007), poet and writer
Navtej Bharati , born in India, lives and publishes books in Canada
Jean-Philippe Bergeron , Francophone writer and poet
Craven Langstroth Betts , author and poet
Robert Billings (1949–1986), poet and editor
Earle Birney (1904-1995), poet
bill bissett (* 1939), poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 2003
Mark Blagrave (* 1956), writer, short story writer, playwright, poet and academic
Robin Blaser (* 1925), author and poet
Laurie Block (born 1949), poet
ED Blodgett (1935-2018), poet, literary critic and translator
Robert Boates (* 1954)
Christian Bök , * "Christian Book" (* 1966), poet and author
Stephanie Bolster (* 1969), poet and academic
Roo Borson stage name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson (* 1952), an American living in Canada
Hédi Bouraoui (* 1932), Tunisian-Canadian poet, novelist and academic
Arthur Bourinot (1893–1969), poet and lawyer
George Bowering (* 1935), novelist, poet, historian and biographer, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2001
Marilyn Bowering (1949), poet, novelist and playwright , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 1997 and 2004
Tim Bowling (* 1964), poet and novelist
Alex Boyd , poet, writer, literary critic, essayist and editor
Kate Braid , poet and teacher, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 1996
Shannon Bramer (* 1973), poet and teacher
Dionne Brund (* 1953), poet, novelist and non-fiction author
Jacques Brault (* 1933), French-Canadian poet and translator
Diana Brebner (1956-2001)
Brian Brett (born 1950), poet and novelist
Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922), poet and academic
Robert Bringhurst (* 1946), poet, typographer and author, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2004
David Bromige (* 1933), Canadian poet, has lived in the United States since 1962
Nicole Brossard (* 1943), francophone poet and novelist
Audrey Alexundra Brown (1904-1998)
Ronnie R. Brown (* 1946), Native American poet who has lived in Canada since she was an adult
Colin Browne , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2003
Robert Budde (* 1966), poet, novelist and academic
Suzanne Buffam , poet
April Bulmer (born 1963), poet
Mick Burrs , poet
Aaron Bushkowsky , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 1995
Margo Button , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1997

C.

Stephen Cain (* 1970), poet and academic
Alison Calder , poet and academic
Barry Callaghan (born 1937), author and poet; Son of the writer Morley Callaghan
Jason Camlot (born 1966), poet, lecturer and songwriter
Anne Cameron (* 1938), novelist, poet, screenwriter and short story writer
George Frederick Cameron (1854–1885), poet, lawyer and journalist
Wilfred Campbell (1858–1918), poet and Anglican church servant
Denise Cammiade , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist
Natalee Caple (* 1970), novelist and poet
Paul Cargnello (* 1979), poet
Bliss Carman (1861–1929), poet and literary critic
Anne Carson (* 1950), poet, essayist, translator and academic
William Chapman (1850–1917), poet, journalist and bureaucrat
Jean Charbonneau (1875–1960), Francophone poet who was the founder of the Montreal Literary School
Herménégilde Chiasson (* 1946), poet, playwright, journalist, academic and the provincial governor of New Brunswick
Robert Choquette (1905–1991), novelist, poet and diplomat
Lesley Choyce (* 1951), American-born novelist, writer, children's book author, poet and academic
Margaret Christakos (* 1962), poet and lecturer in creative writing
Evie Christie (* 1979), poet
Dave Clark
George Elliott Clarke (* 1960), poet and playwright.
Wayne Clifford (born 1944)
Fred Cogswell (1917-2004)
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), musician, also published as a poet and novelist
Matt Cohen (1942–1999), writer and poet
Don Coles (born 1928), poet, author and academic
Stephen Collis , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2006
John Robert Colombo (* 1936), poet, ethnologist, editor, essayist and humorist
Anne Compton (* 1947), poet, literary critic and ethnologist
Wayde Compton (* 1972), poet, writer, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize - finalist 2000
Jan Conn (* 1952), geneticist and poet, lives in the United States
Karen Connelly (* 1969), writer and poet
Kevin Connolly
Marlene Cookshaw , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 1990 and 2003
Dennis Cooley (* 1944), poet and academic
Afua Cooper , Jamaican-born historian and dub poet
Paulo da Costa Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator
Dani Couture (* 1978), poet, essayist, literary critic and journalist
Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907), tinsmith and poet
Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), poet, novelist and short story writer
Octave Crémazie (1827–1879), Francophone poet who was known as the "father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verses
Lynn Crosbie (* 1963), poet and novelist
Lorna Crozier (* 1948), initially wrote under the name "Lorna Uher", poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 2000
Michael Crummey (* 1965), poet and writer.
Julie Crysler , journalist and poet

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Cyril Dabydeen (* 1945), Guyana-born poet and writer who lives in Canada

Kalli Dakos (* 1950), children's poet and teacher

Mary Dalton , poet and academic

Joseph A. Dundurund , Native American poet, playwright , and archaeologist

Beverley Daurio (born 1953), poet

Frank Davey (born 1940), poet and academic

Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901), lawyer, journalist, politician and poet

Tanya Davis , slam poet and musician

Tom Dawe (* 1940), writer, poet, children's book author, artist

James Deahl (* 1945), immigrated from the USA in 1970 and has both citizenships; Poet, academic, and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press

Barry Dempster (* 1952), poet and novelist

Jeff Derkson , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1991

Michelle Desbarats

Christopher Dewdney (* 1951), poet, writer, artist, teacher of creative writing and writer in residence at various universities

Ann Diamond (* 1951), poet, novelist and short story writer

Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (1949–2019), Italian-born Canadian poet and priest

Mary di Michele (* 1949), Italian-born Canadian poet, author and creative writing teacher

Robert Dickson (1944–2007), poet, translator and academic.

Kildare Dobbs (* 1923), Indian born teacher, poet, editor, short story writer and travel writer who immigrated to Canada in 1950

Jeramy Dodds

Don Domanski (* 1950)

Magie Dominic (* 1944), poet and artist

Jeffery Donaldson , poet and literary critic

David Donnell (* 1939), poet and writer

Cundas Dorsey (* 1952), poet and science fiction author

Clive Doucet (* 1946), writer poet and politician

Gordon Downie (born 1964), songwriter, poet and musician

Orville Lloyd Douglas (* 1976), poet and writer

William Henry Drummond (1854–1907), Irish-born Canadian poet

Louis Dudek (1918–2001), poet, literary critic and publisher

Marilyn Dumont (born 1955)

E.

Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), novelist, short story writer, poet, and academic
Vic Elias (1948–2006), born in the USA and living in Canada since 1979, poet and academic
Ronda Eller
David Elliott (1923–1999), poet and academic
Rebecca Elson (1960–1999), Canadian-American astronomer, academic, writer and poet
Kirsten Emmott , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist
Reuben Epp (1920–2009), teacher, writer and poet in Mennonite Low German

F.

Chris Faiers (born 1948), librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press

Margaret Fairley (1885–1968), English-born Canadian poet, writer, educator, and activist

Brian Fawcett (born 1944), poet, novelist, non-fiction author and writer

Charles Fenerty (approx. 1821–1982), Canadian poet, journalist and inventor.

Ferron , * Debby Foisy (1952), singer, songwriter, and poet

Robert Finch (1900–1995), poet and academic

Joan Finnigan (1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and reporter

Jon Paul Fiorentino , poet, novelist, short story writer, writer, academic and editor of Matrix magazine

Judith Fitzgerald (* 1952), poet and journalist

Robert Arthur Douglass Ford (1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat

Raymond Fraser (* 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor

Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908), French-Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short story writer

Patrick Friesen (* 1946), poet and lecturer in creative writing, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 1999 and 2003

Mark Frutkin (* 1948), US-born Canadian poet, who moved to Canada in 1970 to avoid being drafted to Vietnam.

G

Maxine Gadd , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2007
Radovan Gajić (* 1953), a native Serb who has lived in Canada since 1985
Keith Garebian (* 1943), literary critic, editor, biographer and poet
François-Xavier Garneau (1809–1866), French-Canadian notary, poet, administrator and historian
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912–1943), the first modern French-Canadian poet
Bill Gaston (* 1953), novelist, playwright, short story writer, writer and poet
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (1824–1882), French-Canadian poet and novelist
Marty Gervais (born 1946), poet, photographer, professor, journalist and publisher of Black Moss Press
Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882), educator, poet and journalist
Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (1871–1918), painter and poet
John Glassco (1909–1981), poet, memoir writer and novelist
Jacques Godbout (* 1933), novelist, essayist, children's book author, journalist, filmmaker and poet
Gérald Godin (1938–1994), French-Canadian poet and politician
Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861)
Leona Gom (* 1946), novelist and poet
Katherine L. Gordon
Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist and poet
Sue Goyette (* 1964), poet and novelist
Neile Graham (* 1958), poet and academic
Alain Grundbois (1900–1975), French-Canadian poet
Richard Greene
Leslie Greentree , poet, short story writer and writer
Andreas Gripp (* 1964)
Stephen Guppy , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2002
Ralph Gustafson (1909–1995), poet and academic
Genni Gunn (* 1949), novelist, poet and translator
Kristjana Gunnars , Icelandic-born Canadian poet and novelist

H

Phil Hall (born 1953), poet, academic and publisher
Jane Eaton Hamilton (* 1954), short story writer, poet and photographer
Claire Harris (born 1937), poet
Michael Harris
Sharon Harris (* 1972), writer, poet, artist and photographer
Richard Harrison
Paul Hartal (* 1936), painter and poet, born in Hungary
Jill Hartman (* 1974), poet and editor
Diana Hartog , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1987
Elisabeth Harvor (* 1936), novelist and poet
Robert Hayman (1575–1629), poet, colonist
Charles Heavysege (1816–1876)
Anne Hébert (1916–2000), French-Canadian novelist and poet
Allison Hedge Coke (* 1958), poet, writer, artist, activist and academic
Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945), soldier, writer, poet, lawyer and politician
Steven Heighton (born 1961), novelist and poet
David Helwig (* 1938), poet, novelist and essayist; Father of Maggie Helwig
Maggie Helwig (* 1961), poet, novelist, activist; Daughter of David Helwig
Brian Henderson (born 1948), poet, academic and editor
Robert Hilles (* 1951), poet and novelist
Karen Hofmann , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2009
Clive Holden
Emily Holton
Cornelia Hooglund (* 1952), poet and academic
Sean Horlor (* 1981), poet, speechwriter, ghostwriter
Harry Howith (* 1934)
Ray Hsu , poet and academic
Helen Humphreys (* 1961), poet and novelist
Al Hunter poet, author, tribal leader, activist
Aislinn Hunter (* 1969), poet and author, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2002 and 2005
Bruce Hunter (* 1952), teacher, poet and writer
Catherine Hunter (born 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic and literary critic
Chris Hutchinson (* 1972)
Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), Canadian-Australian poet, writer, essayist and artist

I.

Susan Ioannou (* 1944)
Frances Itani (* 1942), novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist

J

Suzanne Jacob (* 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and literary critic
Paulette Jiles (* 1943), US-born poet and novelist who has lived in Canada since 1969
Rita Joe (1932–2007), Indian poet and songwriter, called the "poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq people "
E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
DG Jones (* 1929), poet, translator and educator
Eve Joseph (* 1953), poet and author, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist

K

Adeena Karasick , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize - finalist 1995
Lionel Kearns (born 1937), poet and teacher
MT Kelly (* 1946), novelist, poet and playwright.
Penn Kemp , novelist, playwright, poet
Leo Kennedy (1907-2000), poet
Robert Kirklund Kernighan (1854–1926), poet, journalist and farmer
Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994), photographer, poet and artist
Johann Peter Klassen (1868–1947), Russian-born Mennonite poet and writer who emigrated to Canada in 1923 and wrote mainly in German
Sarah Klassen (* 1932), poet and writer
AM Klein (1909–1972), poet, journalist, novelist and short story writer
Raymond Knister (1899–1932), novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic and journalist
Joy Kogawa (* 1935), poet and novelist
Maka Kotto (* 1961), Cameroon-born French-Canadian country politician and poet
Shane Koyczan (* 1976), Slampoet
Robert Kroetsch (1927–2011), novelist, poet, non-fiction author and academic
Janice Kulyk Keefer (* 1952), novelist, poet and academic

L.

Sonnet L'Abbé , poet and literary critic

Pierre Labrie (* 1972), French-Canadian poet

Dany Laferrière (* 1953), Haiti-born French-speaking novelist, journalist and poet, has lived in Canada since 1976

Archibald Lampman (1861-1899)

Tim Lunder (* 1938)

Patrick Lane (* 1939), Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner in 1996 and finalist in 2001 and 2005

M. Travis Lane (* 1934), American-Canadian poet who has lived in Canada since 1960,

Rina Lasnier (1915–1997), French-Canadian poet and playwright
Evelyn Lau (* 1971), poet and novelist
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
Irving Layton (1912-2006)
Gérald Leblanc (1947–2005), French-Canadian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and writer
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988), songwriter, musician, poet, novelist
Dennis Lee (* 1939), poet, writer and children's book author
John B. Lee (born 1951), author, poet and academic
Sylvia Legris (* 1960)
John Lent (1948–2006), poet and novelist
Douglas LePan (1914–1998), diplomat, poet, novelist and academic
Tim Lilburn (* 1950), poet and essayist
Charles Lillard (1944–1997), poet and historian, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1989
Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), poet
Billie Livingston (* 1965), novelist and poet
Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011), poet, librarian and academic
Pat Lowther (1935–1975), poet

M.

Rozena Maart (* 1962), South African-born poet, short story writer, writer, novelist, playwright, academic and psychotherapist
Maureen McCarthy
Karen MacCormack (* 1956)
Bernell MacDonald (* 1948)
Hugh MacDonald (* 1945), poet, writer and editor
Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967)
Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), novelist and poet
Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896–1979), poet and soldier
Tom MacInnes (1867–1951), poet and writer
Bob MacKenzie (born 1947), poet
Barry McKinnon (* 1944), Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1992
Andrea MacPherson , poet and novelist
Jay Macpherson (born June 13, 1931), poet and academic
George McWhirter , Irish-born Canadian poet, writer and former university professor, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2008
Keith Maillard (* 1942), author and poet
Charles Mair (1838–1927), poet and activist
Robert Majzels (* 1950), novelist, poet, playwright and translator
Alice Major , contemporary poet
Kim Maltman (* 1951), poet and doctor
Eli Mundel (1922–1992), poet, essayist and academic
David Manicom (* 1960), diplomat, poet and novelist
Lee Maracle (born 1950), Indian poet and author
Nicole Markotic , poet and novelist
Daphne Marlatt (* 1942), poet and writer, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2002 and winner 2009
Tom Marshall (1938–1993), Canadian poet and novelist
Camille Martin (* 1956), poet and artist
Robin Mathews (* 1931), Canadian poet and professor, political activist against American foreign policy
Seymour Mayne (* 1944), poet and translator
Chundra Mayor (* 1973), poet and novelist
Robert McBride (1812–1895), Irish-born Canadian poet
Steven McCabe , artist and poet
Steve McCaffery (born 1947), poet and academic
John McCrae (1872–1918), poet, doctor, author, artist, and soldier during the First World War
David McFadden (born 1940), poet, writer
Wendy McGrath , poet and novelist
David McGimpsey , poet, humorist and academic
Nadine McInnis (* 1956), poet, short story writer and essayist
James McIntyre (1828-1906)
Don McKay (* 1942), poet, editor and educator, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 2001 and 2007.
Barry McKinnon (born 1944)
Brendan McLeod (* 1979), poet, novelist
Susan McMaster (born 1950), poet, editor
Steve McOrmond (born 1957), poet and academic
Mary Melfi (* 1951), Italian-born poet, novelist and playwright who immigrated to Canada as a toddler
Bruce Meyer (* 1957), poet and academic
Pauline Michel novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter
Anne Michaels (* 1958), poet and novelist
Roy Miki (* 1942), poet and academic
Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004)
Gaston Miron (1928–1996), French-Canadian poet, writer and editor
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Marion E. Moodie (1867–1958), nurse, botanist and poet
Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), British-Canadian author and poet
Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983)
Pierre Morency (* 1942), French-Canadian writer, poet and playwright
Kim Morrissey (* 1955), poet and playwright
Colin Morton (born 1948)
AF Moritz (* 1947), poet and academic
Daniel David Moses (1952–2020), Indian poet and playwright
Erin Mouré (* 1955)
William Murdoch (1823–1887), Scottish-Canadian poet, writer and gas works manager who immigrated to Canada in 1854
George Murray , poet and editor
Susan Musgrave (born 1951), poet and children's author, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas (* approx. 1976), poet, writer, visual artist, columnist and playwright

N

Akhtar Naraghi
Roger Nash (* 1942), poet and academic
Lyle Neff (* 1969), poet, journalist, essayist and literary critic, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 1998
Lorri Neilsen Glenn , poet, essayist, and academic
Émile Nelligan (1879–1941), Francophone poet from Quebec
Holly Nelson , writer, poet, activist, journalist
Joyce Nelson , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 1997
Pierre Nepveu (* 1946), French-Canadian poet, novelist and essayist
WH New (* 1938), poet, editor and literary critic
John Newlove
bpNichol Barrie Phillip Nichol (1944–1988), poet and writer
John Newlove (1938-2003)
Alden Nowlan (1933–1983), poet, novelist, playwright and journalist

O

Patrick O'Connell (1944-2005)
Sheree-Lee Olson , novelist, poet, and journalist
Michael Ondaatje (* 1943), Sri Lankan-born novelist and poet
Heather O'Neill , novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter, and journalist
Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (* 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist and poet
Richard Outram (1930–2005), poet and writer
Catherine Owen , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist

P

PK Page (* 1916)
Arleen Pare , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2008
Elise Partridge , poet Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2009
John Pass (* 1947), English-Canadian poet and academic who has lived in Canada since 1953, married to poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2001
Christopher Patton , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize - Finalist 2008
Philipp Kevin Paul , poet, 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner
WT Pfefferle , poet, writer and academic
M. NourbeSe Philip (* 1947), poet, novelist, playwright , essayist and short story writer

Ben Phillips (* 1947), poet, teacher and publisher

Alison Pick , poet and novelist

Jean-Guy Pilon (* 1930), French-Canadian poet

George Pirie (1799–1870), publisher and poet

Al Pittman (1940-2001), poet and playwright

Ted Plantos (1943–2001), poet, writer, editor

Emily Pohl-Weary , novelist, poet and editor

BW Powe (* 1955), author, poet and academic

Claire Pratt (1921–1995), artist, poet and editor; Daughter of writer and editor Viola Whitney and EJ Pratt , a poet and academic

EJ Pratt (1882–1964), poet and academic

Frank Prewett (1893–1962), poet

Steven Price , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2007

Robert Priest (* 1951), poet and children's book author

Stefan Psenak (* 1969), French-Canadian poet, playwright and novelist

Al Purdy (1918–2000), writer, editor and poet

Q

Meredith Quartermain , poet, 2006 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner
Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809), French-Canadian composer, poet and playwright
Sina Queyras , poet and academic

R.

Theodore Harding Rund (1835–1900), educator and poet
Angela Rawlings (akaarawlings)
James Reaney (1926–2008), poet, playwright and literary critic
Michael Redhill (* 1966), American-Canadian poet, playwright and novelist
DC Reid (* 1952), poet, novelist and short story writer, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2000 and 2005
Jamie Reid (born 1941)
Tracy Repchuk (* 1965), writer, poet and editor; President and Founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets
Shane Rhodes
Charles GD Roberts (1860–1943), poet and prose writer
Lisa Robertson (* 1961), poet, essayist and writer
Gordon Rodgers (born 1952), poet, novelist and clinical psychologist
Linda Rogers (* 1944), poet and children's book writer, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner in 1995 and finalist in 1998
Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019), Governor General's Award and Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1986
Laisha Rosnau (* 1972), novelist and poet
Bruce Ross , poet, author, academic, and former president of the Haiku Society of America
Stuart Ross (born 1959), writer, poet, editor
WWE Ross (* 1894)
Stephen Rowe (* 1980)

S.

Peter Sanger (* 1943), poet and prose writer, literary critic, editor and academic

Charles Sangster (1822-1893)

Félix-Antoine Savard (1896–1982), priest, academic, poet, novelist

Jacob Scheier ,

Libby Scheier (1946-2000),

Andreas Schroeder (* 1946), German-born poet, novelist and non-fiction writer, husband of the writer Sharon Brown

Stephen Scobie (* 1943), poet, literary critic and academic

Gregory Scofield , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1994

Jordan Scott , Poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2006

Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947), poet and writer

FR Scott , also known as Frank Scott (1899–1985), poet and constitutional expert

Peter Dale Scott (born 1929), poet and academic

Robert W. Service (1874–1958), poet and writer

Kathy Shaidle (* 1964), author, columnist and poet

Francis Sherman (1871-1926)

Joseph Sherman (1945–2006), poet and visual artist, editor

Nilofar Shidmehr , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2009

Carol Shields (1935–2003), American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, writer, poet, playwright

Trish Shields , poet and novelist

Norm Sibum

Goran Simic (* 1952), Bosnian-born poet, playwright and short story writer, who has lived in Canada since 1995.

Melanie Siebert

Anne Simpson (* 1956), poet and novelist

Sue Sinclair

George Sipos , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2006

Robin Skelton , sometimes under the pseudonym "Georges Zuk", wrote French surrealism (* 1925–1997), English-born Canadian academic, writer, poet, translator and ethnologist who emigrated to Canada in 1963; Founder and Editor of The Mahalat Review , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize - Finalist 1996

Daniel Sloate (1931–2009), translator, poet, playwright and academic

Carolyn Smart (* 1952), English-born poet, author and academic

Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986), poet and novelist

AJM Smith (1902–1980), poet and academic

Douglas Burnet Smith (* 1949)

John Smith (born 1927), poet and academic

Michael V. Smith novelist, poet and filmmaker

Ron Smith (born 1943), poet, author, editor, playwright and academic; Founder and publisher of Oolichan Books in 1984

Karen Solie (* 1966), poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 2002

David Solway (* 1941), poet, educator, travel writer and literary critic

Madeline Sonik (* 1960), novelist, short story writer, children's book author, editor and poet

Carolyn Marie Souaid (* 1959), poet and editor

Raymond Souster (* 1921), poet and retired bank clerk

Esta Spalding (* 1966), American-born Canadian writer, screenwriter and poet

Birk Sproxton (1943–2007), poet and novelist

Harold Stundish (1919–1972), poet and novelist

George Stanley , American-Canadian poet and academic associated with the San Francisco Renaissance in its early years, moved to Canada in the 1970s; involved in New Star Books and the Capilano Review , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Finalist 2009

Carmine Starnino , essayist, educator and editor

John Steffler (* 1947), poet and novelist

Ian Stephens († 1996), journalist, musician and poet

Ricardo Sternberg (* 1948), poet, born in Brazil, educated in the USA

W. Gregory Stewart (born 1950), poet, science fiction writer, short story writer writer

Anne Stone , poet, writer and performance artist

Betsy Struthers (* 1951), poet and novelist

Alan Sullivan (1868-1947), poet, short story writer, railroad and mining engineer

Rosemary Sullivan (* 1947), poet, biographer, academic and ethnologist

Moez Surani (* 1979), poet

John Sutherland (1919–1956), poet, literary critic and magazine editor

Robert Sward (* 1933), American-Canadian poet and novelist

George Swede (* 1940), Lithuanian-born Canadian children's author, who writes haikus

Michael Ernest Sweet (* 1979), poet, writer

Todd Swift (born 1966), poet, editor and academic

Anne Szumigalski (1922–1999)

T

Bruce Taylor (* 1960)
Ruth Taylor (1961–2006), poet, editor and academic
Sharon Thesen (* 1946), poet and academic, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2007
Edward William Thomson (* 1849–1924), journalist, writer and poet
John Thompson (1938-1976)
Russell Thornton , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2004
Matthew Tierney (* 1970)
Lola Lemire Tostevin (* 1937), poet, novelist and writer
Rhea Tregebov (* 1953), poet and children's book author
Rolund Michel Tremblay (* 1972), French-Canadian author, poet
Tony Tremblay (* 1968), French-Canadian poet, writer, journalist
Peter Trower (* 1930), poet and novelist
Élise Turcotte (* 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet
Michael Turner (* 1962), musician and poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist
John Tyndall
Daniel Scott Tysdal (* 1978)

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Marie Uguay (1955–1981), French-Canadian poet
Priscilla Uppal (* 1974), poet and novelist
David UU (David W. Harris) (1948–1994), pictorial poet

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RM Vaughan , poet, novelist and playwright
Paul Vermeersch (* 1973)
Gilles Vigneault (* 1928), poet, publisher and songwriter; Quebec nationalist
Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826-1897)
Garth Von Buchholz (also GA Buchholz) (* 1968) poet, horror author, playwright, journalist and art critic

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Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet, short story writer and translator

Fred Wah (* 1939), poet, novelist and lecturer

Victoria Walker , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1990

Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989), poet and short story writer

Tom Walmsley (* 1948), playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter

Agnes Walsh (* 1950), actress, poet, playwright and storyteller

Terry Watada author, writer and poet

Alison Watt (* 1957), writer, poet and painter

Tom Wayman (* 1945), poet and academic, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2000 and 2003

Phyllis Webb (* 1927), poet and radio announcer

John Weier (* 1949)

Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926), poet lawyer, judge

Zachariah Wells (* 1976), poet, literary critic, essayist and editor

Darren Wershler-Henry (* 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction author and cultural critic

David Wevill (* 1935)

Dawud Wharnsby (* 1972), songwriter, poet

Sue Wheeler , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2001

Michael Whelan (1858–1937), teacher, book collector and poet

Gillian Wigmore , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 2008

Howard White , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 1994

Zoe Whittall (* 1976), poet and novelist

Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961), Canadian poet, writer, and essayist

Rob Winger , poet and academic

Theresa Wolfwood , political activist and poet

Rita Wong , poet, 2008 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner

George Woodcock (1912–1995), poet, essayist, literary critic, biographer and historian; Founder of Canadian Literature

Lance Woolaver (* 1948), author, poet, playwright and director

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J. Michael Yates (* 1938), poet and dramaturge
Jean Yoon (* 1962), actor, poet and playwright
Patricia Young , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner in 1988 and 1998
Terence Young , Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -Finalist 2007

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David Zieroth , poet, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner 1999
Carolyn Zonailo (* 1947), poet and publisher
Jan Zwicky (* 1955), philosopher, poet, essayist and violinist, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist 1999 and 2006 and winner 2005
Rachel Zolf , poet and editor

literature

AE Davidson (Ed.): Studies on Canadian Literature: Introductory and Critical Essays, New York 1990.
R. Lecker u. a .: Canadian Writers and Their Works , 20 vols., Toronto 1983ff.
WH New: A History of Canadian Literature , New York 1989.
W. Tove: The Oxford Companian in Canadian Literature , Toronto 1983.

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