E. J. Pratt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

E. J. Pratt

Canadian poet

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1882

Place of Birth: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1964

Profession: poet

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), who published as E.
J.
Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario.
A three-time winner of the country's Governor General's Award for poetry, he has been called "the foremost Canadian poet of the first half of the century."