Al Purdy
Al Purdy
Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC OOntwas a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 December 1918
CountryCanada