14-2217: Purdy may refer to: People [ edit ] Surname [ edit ] Al Purdy (1918–2000), Canadian poet Amy Purdy (born 1979), American actress, model and Paralympic snowboarder Ashley Purdy, Black Veil Brides bassist Bill Purdy (born 1946), American rower Brock Purdy (born 1999), American football player Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player Charlie Purdy (1905–1982), New Zealand boxer Debbie Purdy (1963–2014), British music journalist, political activist and right-to-die patient Frederick Warren Purdy (1911–1942), US Navy World War II officer George B. Purdy , American mathematician and computer scientist Gordon Purdy (1888–1972), Canadian politician Hamish Purdy , Canadian art director and set decorator Helen Purdy Beale , born Helen Alice Purdy (1893–1976), US virologist Henry Purdy (cricketer) (1883–1943), English cricketer Henry Purdy (politician) (c. 1744–1827), landowner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia Henry Purdy (rugby union) (born 1994), English rugby player James Purdy (1914–2009), American novelist, poet and playwright Jedediah Purdy (born 1974), American legal scholar and cultural commentator Joe Purdy , American folk singer-songwriter John Purdy (chess player) (1935–2011), Australian chess champion John Purdy (cricketer) (1871–1938), English cricketer John Purdy (hydrographer) (1773–1843), English compiler of naval charts John Smith Purdy (1872–1936) public health expert and military physician associated with Australia Kate Purdy , American television writer and producer Ken Purdy (1913–1972), American automotive writer and editor Kym Purdy , Australian slalom canoeist Margaret Purdy (born 1995), Canadian pair ice skater G. Michael Purdy , British geophysicist and oceanographer Mike Purdy (1892–1950), American football player and coach Milton D. Purdy (1866–1937), American lawyer, US Attorney for Minnesota (1901–1902) Patrick Purdy (1964–1989), American perpetrator of
28-805: A 1968 reading by Purdy of his poem Quinte Hotel at a gathering conference of Canadian poets in Toronto was adapted as an animated short film At the Quinte Hotel , which received the Canadian Film Institute Award for best Canadian animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival . Purdy Township, Barry County, Missouri Purdy Township is one of twenty-five townships in Barry County , Missouri , United States. As of
42-607: A community in Hastings Highlands , Ontario, Canada Purdy Islands , Papua New Guinea Other uses [ edit ] USS Purdy , a US Navy destroyer that saw service in World War II Purdy's Chocolates , known as "Purdy's", Canadian chocolatier, confectionery manufacturer and retail operator See also [ edit ] Purdy's Wharf , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Purdey (disambiguation) Purdie , surname Topics referred to by
56-655: A way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture." Born in Wooler, Ontario , Purdy went to Albert College in Belleville, Ontario , and Trenton Collegiate Institute in Trenton, Ontario . He dropped out of school at 17 and rode the rails west to Vancouver . He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II . Following the war, he worked in various jobs until the 1960s, when he
70-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Al Purdy Alfred Wellington Purdy OC OOnt (December 30, 1918 – 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 English Canada's "unofficial poet laureate " and "a national poet in
84-749: Is profiled in Brian D. Johnson 's 2015 documentary film Al Purdy Was Here . In 2016 it was revealed in Toronto Life that John Hofsess contributed to the assisted suicide of Purdy when the poet was dying of cancer. Honours and awards Purdy received include the Order of Canada (O.C.) in 1982, the Order of Ontario in 1987, and the Governor General's Award , in 1965 for his collection The Cariboo Horses , and again in 1986 for The Collected Poems of Al Purdy . The League of Canadian Poets gave Purdy
98-551: The Stockton schoolyard shooting, killing five schoolchildren Pid Purdy (1904–1951), American baseball and football player Samuel Purdy (1819–1882), third Lieutenant Governor of California Steve Purdy (born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer Ted Purdy (born 1973), American golfer William Purdy (born 1940), Canadian politician Given name [ edit ] Purdy Crawford (1931–2014), Canadian lawyer and businessman Places [ edit ] In
112-607: The United States [ edit ] Purdy, Kentucky , an unincorporated community Purdy Township, Barry County, Missouri Purdy, Missouri , a city Purdy, Oklahoma , an unincorporated community Purdy, Tennessee , an unincorporated community Purdy, Virginia , an unincorporated community Purdy, Washington , an unincorporated community and census-designated place Purdy, West Virginia , an unincorporated community Purdy, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Elsewhere [ edit ] Purdy,
126-797: The Voice of the Land Award, a special award created by the League to honour his unique contribution to Canada. Purdy's collection of poems, Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962–1996 , was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2006 , where it was championed by poet Susan Musgrave . On May 20, 2008, a large bronze statue of Purdy was unveiled in Queen's Park in downtown Toronto. A CBC Radio recording of
140-761: The introduction to the last book of poetry by his friend Milton Acorn , The Whiskey Jack . Purdy was also a long-time friend of American author Charles Bukowski . Bukowski once said: "I don't know of any good living poets. But there's this tough son of a bitch up in Canada that walks the line." However, acclaim is not universal. Noted Canadian formalist poet James Pollock, when asked to "Name one poet, living or dead, it seems everyone loves but you," answered: "In Canada, Al Purdy. The emperor has no clothes." Al Purdy died in North Saanich. His final collection of poetry, Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy ,
154-575: The most recent of which was Reaching for the Beaufort Sea . He also wrote four books of correspondence, including Margaret Laurence - Al Purdy: A Friendship in Letters and radio and television plays for the CBC . He was writer-in-residence at several Canadian universities; contributed to Acta Victoriana , literary journal of Victoria College ; and edited a number of anthologies of poetry. He wrote
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182-678: Was finally able to support himself as a writer, editor and poet. In 1957, Purdy and his wife Eurithe moved to Roblin Lake in Ameliasburgh, Ontario (southeast of Trenton, in Prince Edward County ), where they built an A-frame cottage , and this became his preferred location for writing. In his later years, he divided his time between North Saanich, British Columbia , and his cottage at Roblin Lake. In addition to his poems and novel, Purdy's work includes two volumes of memoirs ,
196-551: Was released posthumously in the fall of 2000. A grass-roots movement to preserve Purdy's A-frame cottage in Ameliasburgh has been organized by Jean Baird (wife of poet George Bowering ) and Purdy's publisher Howard White of Harbour Publishing, who together founded the A-Frame Trust with the intent of raising $ 1 million to preserve the house as a memorial to Purdy and a writing retreat for other writers. The campaign
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