Miriam Waddington
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Miriam Waddington (1917-March 3, 2004) was a poet, writer and translator in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her poem Jacques Cartier in Toronto is featured on the back of the Canadian $100 bill released in 2004. Waddington, who was part of the Montreal circle that included Irving Layton and Louis Dudek, died in a nursing home in Vancouver at 86 from a stroke.
External links
- 100 Canadian Poets (http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/m_waddington.htm)
- The Bank of Canada, About Bank Notes (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/general/character/2004_100b.htm)
- Miriam Waddington's life achievements, awards, selected publications and books in print (http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/waddingt.htm)