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Popular As | Earle Birney |
Occupation | Poet |
Age | 116 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 13, 1904 (Canada) |
Birthday | May 13 |
Town/City | Canada |
Nationality | Canada |
Earle Birney’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Earle Birney was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Canadian poet and author whose most famous works include Now is Time, The Bear on the Delhi Road, David and Other Poems, and Turvey. He received both the Governor General's Award and the Lorne Pierce Medal.
He grew up on a farm and held many odd jobs before studying at the Universities of Toronto, British Columbia, California (Berkeley), and London.
His 1942 poem "David," written on the topic of euthanasia, was both popular and controversial.
During his brief marriage to Sylvia Johnston, he began sharing his wife's Trotskyist political views.
He won Canada's Governor General's Award twice in his life; poet E.J. Pratt was a three-time recipient of the honor.