George Elliott Clarke
George Elliott Clarke is the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. An expert in African-Canadian literature, he published the foundational work in the field, "Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature", in 2002. Named a Trudeau Foundation Fellow in 2005, Clarke is also a revered poet, librettist, and novelist. For his collection "Execution Poems", he received the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 2001. His bestselling poetry-novel, "Why
George Elliott Clarke is the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. An expert in African-Canadian literature, he published the foundational work in the field, "Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature", in 2002. Named a Trudeau Foundation Fellow in 2005, Clarke is also a revered poet, librettist, and novelist. For his collection "Execution Poems", he received the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 2001. His bestselling poetry-novel, "Why See less
