Dennis Lee
Dennis Lee is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. He was born in Toronto in 1939, wrote the song lyrics for Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock , and in 2001 he was named the city's first poet laureate. He initiated the programme of Legacy plaques in Toronto, and recently served as a resident artist with Soulpepper Theatre Company.
Dennis Lee is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. He was born in Toronto in 1939, wrote the song lyrics for Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock , and in 2001 he was named the city's first poet laureate. He initiated the programme of Legacy plaques in Toronto, and recently served as a resident artist with Soulpepper Theatre Company. See less
