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Alice Major is a Canadian poet, writer, and essayist, who served as poet laureate of Edmonton, Alberta.[1] During her tenure as poet laureate, she founded the Edmonton Poetry Festival in 2006. She continues to serve on the Board of Directors for the Edmonton Poetry Festival Society as President.[2]

Alice Major
BornScotland
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Notable worksWelcome to The Anthropocene, and The Chinese Mirror.

Biography


Major emigrated from Scotland with her sister at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto, Ontario before working as a weekly newspaper reporter in central British Columbia. She has lived in Edmonton, Alberta since 1981. She has a BA (English, history) from Trinity College, Toronto at the University of Toronto, and worked as a freelance writer specializing in utility issues.[3]

She is past-president of the Writers' Guild of Alberta,[4] and the League of Canadian Poets.[5] She has published six collections of poetry.[3] Her poetry has always been influenced by her interest in science and she has published a collection of essays, "Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science" (published by University of Alberta Press in 2011).


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  1. http://www.poetrymap.ca/profile.php?PoetID=2
  2. "Edmonton Poetry Festival – April 21 to 28, 2013 – Organizers". www.edmontonpoetryfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.
  3. "Alice Major : Biography", Canadian Poets Online, University of Toronto
  4. "WGA Board of Directors Archive". WGA website. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ""Alice Major", League of Canadian Poets". Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-21.





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