Bliss Carman

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1861, Bliss Carman became one of the best-known Canadian poets of his era. He published more than twenty books of poetry and was widely admired for his graceful, songlike style and his gift for writing about nature, memory, and the pull of the open road.

He is especially associated with the Songs from Vagabondia volumes, created with his friend Richard Hovey, and he was also noted for his translations inspired by Sappho. Although Canadian by birth, he spent much of his adult life in the United States and built a readership in both countries.

Carman died in 1929 in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is still remembered as a major figure in early Canadian literature and as a poet whose work joined romantic feeling with a love of landscape and freedom.