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Louis Dudek

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Canadian poet, academic, and publisher (1918-2001)

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Louis Dudek, was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books.

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1983Officer of the Order of Canada
1960Canada Council Senior Arts Fellowship

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Louis Dudek, was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In A Digital History of Canadian Poetry, writer Heather Prycz said that "As a critic, teacher and theoretician, Dudek influenced the teaching of Canadian poetry in most [Canadian] schools and universities".

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Canada
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deceased
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Lived 1918 to 2001 · aged 83
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