. "Purdy, Al"@en . "2000Z"^^ . . "Canadian poet" . "Alfred Wellington Purdy"@en . "1918-12-30Z"^^ . . "2000-04-21Z"^^ . . "Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC OOnt (December 30, 1918 \u2013 April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works. He has been called the nation's \"unofficial poet laureate\" and \"a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture.\""@en . "1918Z"^^ . .