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A pioneering voice in Canadian literature, this poet and prose writer helped bring Canadian landscapes, wildlife, and history to readers around the world. He was also closely connected with the Canadian War Records Office during the First World War, adding a documentary strand to a career better known for poetry and fiction.
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Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918
by Canadian War Records Office, Military Historian Stuart Martin, Robin Richards, Theodore Goodridge Roberts
About the author
Born in New Brunswick in 1860, Charles G. D. Roberts became one of the first Canadian authors to win an international readership. He wrote poetry, fiction, travel writing, and books about the natural world, and he is often remembered as a leading figure among the Confederation Poets.
Roberts studied at the University of New Brunswick and began publishing while still young. Over the course of his career, he built a reputation for vivid writing about nature and for helping shape a distinct Canadian literary voice.
During the First World War, he spent time in London and worked with the Canadian War Records Office, a connection that links him to the wartime historical record as well as to literature. He returned to Canada later in life and remained an important presence in Canadian letters until his death in 1943.