Dorothy Livesay | |
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Born | Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay October 12, 1909 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Died | December 29, 1996 Victoria, British Columbia | (aged 87)
Language | English |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Toronto |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | Collected Poems: The Two Seasons |
Notable awards | Order of Canada Order of British Columbia Governor General's Award, Lorne Pierce Medal, FRSC |
Spouse | Duncan Macnair |
Children | Peter, Marcia |
Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, OC OBC FRSC (October 12, 1909 – December 29, 1996) was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General's Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.[1]