Al Purdy

Al Purdy

male, deceased (2000)
Alfred Wellington Purdy, O.C. (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) is one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Bo...
Alice Munro

Alice Munro

female, 78 years old
Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a t...
Carol Shields

Carol Shields

female, deceased (2003)
Carol Ann Shields ,BA, MA, CC, OM, D.Litt., LL.D, FRSC (June 2, 1935 - July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for...
Gwendolyn MacEwen

Gwendolyn MacEwen

female, deceased (1987)
Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen (1 September 1941 - 29 November 1987) was a Canadian novelist and poet. During her lifetime she wrote 26 books. MacEwen...

Elizabeth Hay

female, 58 years old
Elizabeth Grace Hay (born 22 October 1951) is a Canadian novelist. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, she was educated at the University of Toronto. Hay...
Marian Engel

Marian Engel

female, deceased (1985)
Marian Engel, née Marian Ruth Passmore was a Canadian novelist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was educated at McMaster University and McGill U...
Jeffrey Simpson

Jeffrey Simpson

male, 60 years old
Jeffrey Carl Simpson, is a renowned and successful Canadian journalist. For the past 23 years he has been "The Globe and Mail"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s...
Rohinton Mistry

Rohinton Mistry

male, 57 years old
Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India in 1952 and immigrated to Canada in 1975 where he took employment working for a Toronto bank. After...
Hugh MacLennan

Hugh MacLennan

male, deceased (1990)
John Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ (20 March 1907 - 9 November 1990) was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five...