Gwendolyn MacEwen

Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist. A sophisticated, wideranging and thoughtful writer, she published more thanbooks in her life. A sense of magic and mystery from her own interests in the Gnostics, Ancient Egypt and magic itself, and from her wonderment at life and death, makes her writing unique.... Shes still regarded by most as one of the best Canadian poets.

MacEwen was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her mother, Elsie, spent much of her life as a patient in mental health institutions. Her father, Alick, suffered from alcoholism. Gwendolyn MacEwen grew up in the High Park area of the city, and attended Western TechnicalCommercial School.

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