Jay Macpherson Writer

Jean Jay Macpherson (June 13, 1931 - March 21, 2012) was a Canadian lyric poet and scholar. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "a member of 'the mythopoeic school of poetry,' who expressed serious religious and philosophical themes in symbolic verse that was often lyrical or comic."

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 13, 1931
Birth nameJean Jay Macpherson
Citizenship
Canada
Date of deathJune 13, 1931

Search

Writer

award
Governor General's Awards
genre
Poetry
language
English literature

Jay Macpherson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/macpherson-jay
  2. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005022