Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: In recognition of his [Douglas Lochhead's] work

in letters, the poet and scholar was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1976, shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry in 1981, and won the 2005 Carlo Betocchi International Poetry Prize and the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-language Literary Arts. His final poetry collection, Looking Into Trees, was published in 2009 by Sybertooth.

from Quill & Quire: Douglas Lochhead, 1922-2011

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