Leo Kennedy

Leo Kennedy
BornJohn Leo Kennedy
August 22, 1907
Liverpool, England
Died2000
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Pen nameArthur Beaton, Leonard Bullen, William Crowl, Helen Laurence, Edgar Main, Peter Quinn
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipBritish subject
Genrepoetry, social criticism
Notable worksThe Shrouding
Spouse
  • Miriam
  • Esther Nicheman Kennedy
[citation needed]
Children
  • Deborah Ruth Kennedy
  • Peter Kennedy
  • Stephen
[citation needed]

John Leo Kennedy (August 22, 1907 – 2000) was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets. The Canadian Encyclopedia says of him that "Kennedy helped change the direction of Canadian poetry in the 1920s."[1]

  1. ^ Patricia Morley (December 16, 2013). "John Leo Kennedy". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved August 18, 2019.