Al Purdy

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC, O.Ont (December 30, 1918 - April 21, 2000) was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate," and, "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."