Louis Dudek (February 6, 1918 - March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ...

Born in Montreal, he received a B.A. from McGill University in 1939. He joined the Department of English of McGill University in 1951, where he lectured in modern poetry. He remained at McGill for the rest of his life. He founded Contact Press, with Raymond Souster and Irving Layton, which was a poetry publisher in the 1950s and 1960s in Montreal. Montreal or Montréal1 (pronounced in Canadian English, in standard French, and in Quebecois French) is the second largest city in Canada. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Irving Layton OC (born March 12, 1912) is a Canadian poet. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

In 1983 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Membership in the Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam which means they desire a better country. ...

His son Gregory is associate professor and director of the Centre for Intelligent Machines at McGill University.

References

• "Louis Dudek: A poet's poet". McGill Reporter. URL accessed on February 13, 2005.
• "Louis Dudek, Biography". Canadian Poetry. URL accessed on February 13, 2005.