biography
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Birney, (Alfred) Earle
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| lived:
| (1904–95)
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| biography:
| Poet, playwright, novelist, and teacher, born in Calgary, Alberta, W Canada. He was best known as a poet, having produced over 20 books of verse. His first collection, David and Other Poems (1942) and Now is Time (1945) both won the Governor-General's Award. His novel Turvey (1949) won the Stephen Leacock Medal, and in 1953 he received the Lorne Pierce Medal for Literature. He also founded the first creative writing department in the country, at the University of British Columbia. |
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