Purdy, Alfred Wellington "Al"

PURDY, Alfred Wellington "Al," writer (b 30 Dec 1918, Wooler, ON; d 21 Apr 2000, Sidney). He is considered one of Canada's greatest poets. Raised in Trenton, ON, he dropped out of high school and rode the rails to VANCOUVER, where he began the life of an itinerant labourer. During WWII he served in the Canadian air force and lived in BC from 1942 to 1944; he also published his first book of poems, The Enchanted Echo, which he later pronounced "atrocious." He served a long apprenticeship as a...

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