Finnigan, Joan (1925–)
Finnigan, Joan (1925–)
Canadian poet. Born Joan MacKenzie 1925 in Ottawa, Canada; attended Carleton University and Queen's University.
Worked as teacher, lecturer, and freelance writer; also wrote children's fiction, screenplays, oral histories, and biographies; writings include Through a Glass Darkly (1957), Entrance to the Greenhouse (1968), It was Warm and Sunny When We Set Out (1970), Living Together (1976), I Come From the Valley (1976), Laughing All the Way Home (1984), Wintering Over (1992), Down the Unmarked Roads (1997) and Second Wind, Second Sight (1998). Received Centennial Prize for Poetry (1967).
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NATIONALITY: Canadian
GENRE: Poetry, fiction
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The Splintered Moon (1968)
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Woman in the Woods (1985)
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