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List of Canadian poets

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This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.

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  • Margaret Fairley (1885–1968), English-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist
  • Brian Fawcett (1944–2022), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer
  • Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892), poet, journalist, and inventor. Published two poems in book format in 1855 and 1866, and wrote over 32 poems (mostly published in local newspapers).
  • Paola Ferrante
  • Ferron, born Debby Foisy (1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet
  • George Fetherling, wrote as "Doug Feathering" or "Douglas Fetherling" until 1999 when he began using his middle name (born 1949), American-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen
  • Connie Fife
  • Robert Finch (1900–1995), poet and academic whose area of expertise was French poetry
  • Joan Finnigan (1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter
  • Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of Matrix magazine
  • Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), poet and journalist
  • Polly Fleck
  • Robert Ford (1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat
  • Raymond Fraser (born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor
  • Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer
  • Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943), French Canadian poet, dramatist, journalist, and Catholic nun
  • Patrick Friesen (born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher
  • Mark Frutkin (born 1948), American-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister

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References

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  1. ^ New, William H, ed. (2002). "Belley, Marlène". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 102. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
  2. ^ New, William H (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 105. ISBN 0802007619.
  3. ^ Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond, edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, Ravi Shankar (W. W. Norton, 2008), p. 610.
  4. ^ Reviewed in Global Chinese Press[usurped], Toronto, 3 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Cotten, Sonia" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  6. ^ "Contributors". Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (57): 208–215. 22 January 2024. JSTOR 45175437.
  7. ^ "Member Profile".
  8. ^ "Lalonde, Catherine" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  9. ^ "Poet Laureate". Edmonton Arts Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ^ "UNBC welcomes Janet Rogers as Writer in Residence". Talon Books.
  11. ^ "Kay Smith". Atlantic Canada Poets' Archive. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014.
  12. ^ Warren, Louise (2016). "Valois, Léonise". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.