- Born: 03 DEC 1922 – Estevan, Saskatchewan
- Died: 03 SEP 1992 – Toronto, Ontario
- Achievements:
- Governor-General’s Award for An Idiot Joy in 1968
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1982
- Works:
- Trio (1954)
- Fusel: Poems (1960)
- Black and Secret Man (1964)
- Criticism: The Silent Speaking Words (1966)
- An Idiot Joy (1967)
- Irving Layton (1969)
- Stony Plain (1973)
- Crusoe: Poems Selected and New (1973)
- Another Time (1977)
- Out of Place (1977)
- Life Sentence: Poems and Journals 1976-1980 (1981)
- Dreaming Backwards 1954-1981 (1981)
- The Family Romance (1986)
- Died: 03 SEP 1992 – Toronto, Ontario