

In five decades as a published author he had produced over forty books and received innumerable distinctions, including two Governor General's Awards and the Order of Canada. Dennis Leeīook Synopsis By the time Al Purdy succumbed to lung cancer at his waterfront home in Sidney BC on April 21, 2000, he was universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest writers Canada has produced. Charles Bukowski Purdy is one of the most substantial poets in English of the century. one of the few very good poets since 1900. About the Book If you want to read some decent strong human stuff without fakery I'd say Al Purdy the Canadian.
