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Alden Nowlan

Alden Nowlan (1933-1983) was born in Windsor, NS. Primarily self-educated, Nowlan worked as a newspaperman, and published poetry, plays, short stories, and novels. Writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick from 1969 to 1983, he was famous for the gatherings at his home, known as Windsor Castle. His awards include the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 1967 for Bread, Wine and Salt and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1967-68). Alden Nowlan: Selected Poems was published in 1996. The literary award for excellence for the province of New Brunswick is named in his honour. The annual Alden Nowlan Literary Festival in Fredericton honours his contribution to Canadian literature.

Books by Alden Nowlan

Collected Poems of Alden Nowlan

A Boy's Life of Napoleon

six@sixty

The Wanton Troopers

An Orange from Portugal

Coastlines

Alden Nowlan Selected Poems

Gifts to Last

Early Poems