Margaret Avison

Margaret Avison
BornApril 23, 1918
Galt, Ontario, Canada
DiedJuly 31, 2007(2007-07-31) (aged 89)
Toronto, Ontario
LanguageEnglish
Alma materVictoria University
GenrePoetry
Notable works
  • Winter Sun
  • The Dumbfounding
  • Concrete and Wild Carrot
  • No Time
Notable awards

Margaret Avison, OC (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.[1] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "Her work has been praised for the beauty of its language and images."[2]

  1. ^ Michael Gnarowski, "Avison, Margaret," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 156.
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