Dorothy Livesay


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Born 1909, Died 1996

Bio

Dorothy Livesay was a widely respected Canadian poet. Amidst a long and noted body of literary work, she is included in this directory for her long poem Call My People Home (1950), one of the earliest artistic works to address the Japanese Canadian internment and decry its injustices. Call My People Home was also recorded and broadcast on the CBC.