I lived from 1933-1983. I was from Canada, and am in the Americas category.
Alden Nowlan left school before graduating and during his adolescent years worked at a variety of jobs, all of them menial, manual, or both. He was a pulp cutter, a farmhand, a sawmill worker, a night watchman, a ditch digger and a logger. Primarily self-educated, he later went on to work as a newspaperman, and published poetry, plays, short stories, and novels.
Born on January 25, 1933 at Windsor, Novia Scotia, he is widely recognized as one of the most important poets to appear in Canada in the last thirty years. His poetry collection Bread, Wine and Salt won the Governor’s General award in 1967. Much of his work reflects his regional roots and an affection for the ordinary people. He died in Fredericton June 27, 1983.
Bibliography and image source: Univ. Of Calgary and aldennowlan.ca
Born on January 25, 1933 at Windsor, Novia Scotia, he is widely recognized as one of the most important poets to appear in Canada in the last thirty years. His poetry collection Bread, Wine and Salt won the Governor’s General award in 1967. Much of his work reflects his regional roots and an affection for the ordinary people. He died in Fredericton June 27, 1983.
Bibliography and image source: Univ. Of Calgary and aldennowlan.ca
My poetry
- Why don't the records go blank
the instant the singer dies?18 lines, 1 comment - Down from the purple mist of trees on the mountain,
lurching through forests of white spruce and cedar,34 lines, 4 comments - Angels inhabit love songs. But they’re sprites
not seraphim. The angel that up-ended8 lines, 3 comments - A mysterious naked man has been reported
on Cranston Avenue. The police are performing28 lines
