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Louise Morey Bowman
1882–1944
A Canadian poet with an early modernist touch, she brought dreamlike imagery and careful musical language to her work. Her poems helped earn her a place among notable literary voices in Quebec and beyond.
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Dream tapestries
by Louise Morey Bowman
About the author
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on January 17, 1882, Louise Morey Bowman was educated by private tutors, studied at Dana Hall School in Massachusetts, and also traveled in Europe. After marrying Archibald Bowman in 1909, she lived in Toronto before moving to Montreal, where she remained for the rest of her life.
She published her first poetry collection, Moonlight and Common Day, in 1922. Her next book, Dream Tapestries (1924), won Quebec's Prix David, and she went on to publish more poetry in the years that followed.
Bowman is remembered as a Canadian poet associated with early modernist and imagist styles. She died in Montreal on September 28, 1944.