Leo Kennedy

John Leo Kennedy (August 22, 1907 2000) was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets. The Canadian Encyclopedia says of him that "Kennedy helped change the direction of Canadian poetry in the 1920s."

Leo Kennedy
BornJohn Leo Kennedy
August 22, 1907
Liverpool, U.K.
Died2000
Pasadena, California
Pen nameArthur Beaton, Leonard Bullen, William Crowl, Helen Laurence, Edgar Main, Peter Quinn
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipBritish subject
Genrepoetry, social criticism
Notable worksThe Shrouding
Spouse
  • Miriam
  • Esther Nicheman Kennedy
Children
  • Deborah Ruth Kennedy
  • Peter Kennedy
  • Stephen
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