Margaret Avison
April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007
Place of Birth:
Galt, Ontario
Place of Death:
Toronto, Ontario
Margaret Avison, OC (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has been praised for the beauty of its language and images."