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poet
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novelist
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children's writer
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essayist
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scholar
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Fantasy
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List of Canadian poets
This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" articles.
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* Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
* Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Ac ...
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List of Canadian playwrights
Playwrights from Canada include:
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* Marianne Ackerman
* Kawa Ada
* Evan Adams
* Carmen Aguirre
* André Alexis
* Hrant Alianak
* Martha Allan
* Anne-Marie Alonzo
* Karim Alrawi
* Kanika Ambrose
* Janet Amos
* Debra Anderson
* Hugh Abercrombie ...
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List of Canadian short story writers
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List of Canadian science fiction authors
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List of Canadian historians
This is a list of the most prominent historians of Canada. All have published about Canada, but some have covered other topics as well.
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* Irving Abella, Jewish and labour
* David Bercuson, labour, military, politics
*Pierre Berton, numero ...
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List of Canadian women writers in French
This is a list of Canadian women writers in French who were born in Canada or whose writings in French are closely associated with that country.
It was in the mid-19th century that French-speaking women began to contribute to Canadian literature ...
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List of Quebec writers
This is a list of authors from the Canadian province of Quebec.
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* José Acquelin
* Donald Alarie
* Francine Allard
* Ginette Anfousse
* François Réal Angers
* Emmanuel Aquin
*Hubert Aquin
* Nelly Arcan
*Gilles Archambault
* Olivar Asselin
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List of French Canadian writers from outside Quebec
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List of famous Canadians
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Lists of authors
The following are lists of writers:
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External links
Introduction - Canadian Writers- Library and Archives Canada
Canadian Writers - Athabasca University
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Writers
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