James Reaney
1926
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2008
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Canada
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Toronto, Stratford Central Secondary School
occupation: poet
award received: Member of the Order of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
James Crerar Reaney, (September 1, 1926 – June 11, 2008) was a Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol." Reaney won Canada's highest literary award, the Governor General's Award, three times and received the Governor General's Awards for Poetry or Drama for both his poetry and his drama. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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