July 31, 2007(2007-07-31) (aged 89) Toronto, Ontario
Language
English
Alma mater
Victoria University
Genre
Poetry
Notable works
Winter Sun
The Dumbfounding
Concrete and Wild Carrot
No Time
Notable awards
Governor General's Award
Officer of the Order of Canada
Griffin Poetry Prize
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]
^Michael Gnarowski, "Avison, Margaret," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 156.
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