Joseph Sylvester Wallace | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 October 1890 |
| Died | 1 December 1975 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse(s) | Therese Dorothy (Dot) Granville, Grace Beardsley |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Wallace, Mary (Polly) Redmond |
Joe Wallace (born Joseph Sylvester Wallace, 29 October 1890 – 1 December 1975) was a Canadian poet, journalist, and communist activist. As a poet, he was briefly affiliated with The Song Fishermen, an informal group of poets from Atlantic Canada.[1] Wallace enjoyed a limited reputation in Canadian literature, but he had a direct influence on better known poets with strong political views, such as Dorothy Livesay and Milton Acorn. From the 1950s until after his death, Wallace was almost certainly the best-known Canadian poet in Eastern Europe and China.[1]