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Marie-Célie Agnant (born 1953,
Marie-Célie Agnant (born 1953, Port-au-Prince
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) is an author who has been living in Canada since 1970.
Agnant is a writer of poems, novels and novellas, and she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasionally appears with the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont
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. Her works have been translated into Spanish, English, Dutch
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. Her books include ''Silence Like Blood,'' (''Le Silence comme le sang'' 1997), which was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award, and ''La Dot de Sara''.
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*Canadian literature
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*Canadian poetry
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*List of Canadian poets
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*Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
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