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Dennis Beynon Lee OC (born August 31, 1939) is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a children's writer, well known for his book of children's rhymes, Alligator Pie.
Aug 30, 2019 · Dennis Lee is an iconic Canadian poet. (The Canadian Press) 2019 marks two milestones for Canadian poet Dennis Lee — he turns 80 years old on Aug. 31, 2019 and his most famous book, the...
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Feb 10, 2008 · Dennis Beynon Lee, teacher, editor, critic, poet (b at Toronto 31 Aug 1939). A graduate in English from U of T (BA 1962, MA 1965), Lee has taught or served as writer-in-residence for various universities.
Dennis Lee published his first book, Kingdom of Absence, in 1967, the same year he co-founded House of Anansi Press. Civil Elegies and Other Poems won a Governor General’s Literary Award in 1972, and he has since published 15 books of poems. He was Toronto’s first poet laureate and received the City of Toronto’s Lifetime Achievement Award ...
Oct 20, 2017 · Dennis Lee has written more than 30 books. He's won pretty well every literary prize in Canada, is an Officer of the Order of Canada and was the first poet laureate of Toronto.
Apr 17, 2020 · Dennis Lee has been writing poetry for more than 50 years. Lee's career spans nearly 40 books, including the 1972 Governor General's Literary Award winner Civil Elegies and the iconic...
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Dennis Lee. Dennis Beynon Lee, OC, MA is a Canadian poet and thinker who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a children's writer. After attending high school at the University of Toronto Schools, Lee received bachelor's and master's degrees in English from the University of Toronto.
