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McClung, Nellie, 1929-2009
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Description area
Dates of existence
1929-2009
History
Nellie McClung, Jr., was born on March 21, 1929, in Edmonton, Alberta.
She was a Canadian journalist, editor, and poet. She graduated from the University of Alberta and began to work at the Edmonton Bulletin as a reporter in the Women's Department. She edited "Pomegranate: A Selected Anthology of Vancouver Poetry" (1975) and published the books of poetry, "Baraka: The Poems of Nellie McClung" (1978), "Salt Whistle Bay" (1998), “Tea with the Queen” (1980), "I Hate Wives!: Terse Verse" (2003), and "Come Dance With Me in Ireland: Selected Poems" (2011).
She died on February 13, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia.