List of Canadian poets

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 (born 1944), 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).
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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  • Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic
  • Candice James (born 1948), Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC, artist, musician, singer-songwriter
  • Jemeni (born 1976), actress, writer and activist
  • Paulette Jiles (born 1943), American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969
  • Rita Joe (1932–2007), Mi'kmaq-Canadian poet and songwriter, called the "poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq people"
  • Reg Johanson (born 1968), composition and literature instructor, poet and essayist
  • E. Pauline Johnson, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861–1913)
  • D. G. Jones (born 1929), poet, translator, and educator
  • El Jones (poet and activist)
  • Julie Joosten
  • Eve Joseph (born 1953), poet and author

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See also

References

  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 Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto, 3 November 2008.
  5. "Cotten, Sonia" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  6. https://www.writersunion.ca/member/maureen-hynes
  7. "Lalonde, Catherine" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  8. "UNBC welcomes Janet Rogers as Writer in Residence". Talon Books.
  9. "Kay Smith". Atlantic Canada Poets' Archive. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014.
  10. Warren, Louise (2016). "Valois, Léonise". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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