Barrie Phillip Nichol (September 30, 1944 - September 25, 1988), who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (bpNichol), was a Canadian poet. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and became widely known for his concrete poetry while living there in the 1960s. He received his elementary teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1963, but he only worked a brief stint as a teacher. Wikipedia
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