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George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet and playwright. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama.

Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Clarke has spent much of his career writing about the black communities of Nova Scotia. Windsor is a small town located in central Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's He also served for a time in the African-American Studies department at Duke University. African American studies is a subset of Black studies or Africana studies. Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. He earned a B. A. honours degree in English from the University of Waterloo (1984), an M. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario A. in English from Dalhousie University (1989) and a Ph. Dalhousie University is a University located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. D. in English from Queen’s University (1993). Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario In addition, he has received honorary degrees from Dalhousie University (LL. D. ), the University of New Brunswick (Litt. D. ), the University of Alberta (Litt. D. ), and the University of Waterloo (Litt. D. ). He is currently an English professor at the University of Toronto. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus In 2001 he won the Governor General's Award for poetry for his book Execution Poems. The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall

Clarke's work largely explores and chronicles the experience and history of the Black Canadian community of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography that Clarke often refers to as Africadia. Black Canadians', Caribbean Canadians, and African Canadians are designations used for people of Black African descent who reside in New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally

Clarke's Whylah Falls was one of the selected books in the 2002 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Nalo Hopkinson. Whylah Falls is a long Narrative poem (or " Verse novel " by George Elliott Clarke, published in book form in 1990 Canada Reads is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Canada 's public broadcaster, the CBC. Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaican born writer and editor who lives in Canada.

Clarke is a great-nephew of the late Canadian opera singer Portia White, politician Bill White and labour union leader Jack White. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto See also Portia White Prize William Andrew (Bill White III OC (February 7 1915 – January 22 1981 was a Canadian Composer and Social justice activist who was A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Jack White was a Canadian Labour union activist He was the first elected black representative of the Ironworkers, and one of the first

Clarke was a featured writer/instructor at the 2007 Maritime Writers' Workshop & Literary Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Fredericton (pronounced ˈfrɛdrɨktɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial

On January 16, 2008, Clarke was made an honorary Fellow of the Haliburton Literary Society, the oldest literary society in North America, at the University of King's College, Halifax.


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