Canadian Writers


This site profiles Canadian writers studied in Athabasca University's language and literature courses. Find biographies, bibliographies, research papers, and selected links here.


  1. Maria Ardizzi
  2. Margaret Atwood
  3. Earle Birney
  4. Dionne Brand
  5. Morley Callaghan
  6. Maria Campbell
  7. Austin Clarke
  8. George Elliott Clarke
  9. Lynn Coady
  10. Leonard Cohen
  11. Antonio D'Alfonso
  12. Robertson Davies
  13. Marisa De Franceschi
  14. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
  15. Mary Di Michele
  16. Marilyn Dumont
  17. Caterina Edwards
  18. Timothy Findley
  19. William Gibson
  20. Susan Glickman
  21. Hiromi Goto
  1. Kristjana Gunnars
  2. T.C. Haliburton
  3. Claire Harris
  4. Tomson  Highway
  5. Linda Hutcheon
  6. Jesuit Relations
  7. E Pauline Johnson
  8. Thomas King
  9. Henry Kreisel
  10. Robert Kroetsch
  11. Dany Laferrière
  12. Evelyn Lau
  13. Margaret Laurence
  14. Stephen Leacock
  15. Dorothy Livesay
  16. Hugh MacLennan
  17. Daphne Marlatt
  18. Dôre Michelut
  19. Rohinton Mistry
  20. Susanna Moodie
  21. Alice Munro
  1. Alden Nowlan
  2. Peter Oliva
  3. Michael Ondaatje
  4. F.G. Paci
  5. P.K. Page
  6. Catherine Parr-Traill
  7. Gianna Patriarca
  8. Sharon Pollock
  9. Nino Ricci
  10. David Adams Richards
  11. Linda Rogers
  12. George Ryga
  13. Laura Goodman Salverson
  14. Drew Hayden Taylor
  15. Jane Urquhart
  16. Aritha Van Herk
  17. M.G. Vassanji
  18. Pasquale Verdicchio
  19. Sheila Watson
  20. Thomas Wharton

French-Canadian Writers


  1. Anne-Marie Alonzo
  2. Felicité Angers (Laure Conan)
  3. Marie-Claire Blais
  4. Nicole Brossard
  5. Georges Bugnet
  6. Fulvio Caccia
  7. Roch Carrier
  8. Antonio D'Alfonso
  9. Marcel Dubé
  10. Gratien Gélinas 
  1. Jacques Godbout
  2. Germaine Guèvremont
  3. Anne Hébert
  4. Robert Lepage
  5. Antonine Maillet
  6. Marco Micone
  7. Émile Nelligan
  8. Ringuet (Philippe Panneton)
  9. Gabrielle Roy
  10. Michel Tremblay

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