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Carolyn Zonailo (born January 21, 1947) is a Canadian poet and publisher.
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Carolyn Zonailo (born January 21, 1947) is a Canadian poet and publisher.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Zonailo studied at the University of Rochester, from which she received a B.A. in literature 1971. IN 1980, she received a M.A. in literature from Simon Fraser University. She has also studied Jungian psychology, mythology and astrology.
In 1977, she founded Caitlin Press, which she ran with Cathy Ford and Ingrid Klassen. The press was later sold and relocated to northern British Columbia.
Zonailo lives in Montreal, Quebec with her husband Stephen Morrissey and divides her time between Quebec and the West Coast.
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