Bliss Carman

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1861, Bliss Carman became one of the best-known Canadian poets of his era. He studied at the University of New Brunswick and also spent time at the University of Edinburgh and Harvard before turning fully to literary work as a poet, essayist, editor, and journalist.

Carman lived much of his adult life in the United States and gained an international readership there. He is commonly grouped with the Confederation Poets, alongside writers such as his cousin Charles G. D. Roberts, and he is especially associated with lyrical, carefully shaped poems about nature, love, spirituality, and the open road.

Among his best-known books are Low Tide on Grand Pré, the Songs from Vagabondia volumes, and Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics. He died in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1929, but he remains an important figure in Canadian literature for the graceful musicality and reflective mood of his poetry.