And now he could only bar himself in and wait for the great flint to come singing into his heart.
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| Birth: | 13th May, 1904 |
| Death: | 3rd September, 1995 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
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Earle Alfred Birney was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a Canadian poet and writer. He graduated with a degree in English. He published his second novel, Down the Long Table, a Marxist novel about the Great Depression, in 1955. His second book of poetry, Now Is Time, won Birney a second Governor General's Award in 1945. He also had an important career as a teacher of creative writing and literature, and as a playwright, novelist and editor.
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