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Milton Acorn fonds
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- Textual records
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Fonds
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MsC-1
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1962-1965 (Creation)
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- Acorn, Milton
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5 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
(1923-1986)
Biographical history
Milton Acorn (1923-1986) was a noted Canadian poet. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he worked as a carpenter until the late 1950s. He became known as a Marxist poet, being dubbed "The People's Poet", and was identified with the Montreal School of Poets. His published works included "In Love and Anger", "Against a League of Liars", "The Brain's the Target", "Jawbreakers", "I've Tasted My Blood", and "More Poems for People".
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The fonds consists primarily of Acorn's finished poems and pages of preliminary drafts. Fonds includes some correspondence (1964) and prose manuscripts.
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- Acorn, Milton (Subject)
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Provisional
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Full
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Created May 16, 2014, LZ
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- English