Al Purdy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Al Purdy

Canadian poet

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1918

Place of Birth: Quinte West, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 21-Apr-2000

Profession: poet

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alfred Wellington Purdy, (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet.
Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years.
His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works.
He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."