[New-Poetry] Canadian poet Margaret Avison

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Poet Avison's 'incalculable' contribution to Canadian literature 
NOOR JAVED 

Canadian Press


August 10, 2007 at 4:12 PM EDT

TORONTO — Canadian poet Margaret Avison, who was lauded as a “national treasure” when she won the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize four years ago, has died at age 89.


“Her contribution to Canadian literature was incalculable,” said Joseph Zezulka, an English professor at the University of Western Ontario who met Avison in the early 1970s while she was a writer-in-residence at the university.


During a literary career that spanned over 40 years, Avison twice won the Governor General's Award for poetry: once in 1960 for her debut collection “The Winter Sun,” and again 30 years later for her fourth book of poetry “No Time.” She was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 1985.


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