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Margaret Louise (Polly) Fleck (1933-2019) was a Canadian poet. [1] She was most noted for her poetry collection The Chinese Execution, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1994 Governor General's Awards. [2]

The wife of Paul Fleck, a president of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, [3] she published her first poetry collection Polychronicon in 1984. [4] Following her husband's death in 1992, she was active in the Fleck Family Foundation, which endowed the Banff Centre's Fleck Fellowships [5] and launched the Norma Fleck Award for children's literature. [6]

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References

  1. Cary Fagan, "Elegy, experiment, epic among contenders for poetry award". The Globe and Mail , November 12, 1994.
  2. "Atwood, Munro and Wiebe among big name nominees". Ottawa Citizen , October 27, 1994.
  3. Zena Cherry, "Prince Philip names park UNESCO site". The Globe and Mail , August 28, 1985.
  4. Laurel Boone, "Creeds". Canadian Literature , Vol 106 (1985). pp. 111-112.
  5. Jennifer Partridge, "Fleck fellowships celebrate artistic legacy". Calgary Herald , October 13, 2000.
  6. "Industrialist sponsors book award: Canada has a new literary prize". Ottawa Citizen , May 17, 1999.