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A. J. M. Smith

A. J. M. Smith, Canadian poet and anthologist (died 1980)

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Born
November 8, 1902
Died
November 21, 1980
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1902

About A. J. M. Smith

Arthur James Marshall Smith was a Canadian poet and anthologist. He "was a prominent member of a group of Montreal poets" – the Montreal Group, which included Leon Edel, Leo Kennedy, A. M. Klein, and F. R. Scott — "who distinguished themselves by their modernism in a culture still rigidly rooted in Victorianism." Smith won the 1943 Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama for his own first collection of poetry, News of the Phoenix and Other Poems. In 1943 his first anthology was published: The Book of Canadian Poetry, in which he argued that there was a distinctive Canadian voice. In 1966 the Royal Society of Canada awarded him its Lorne Pierce Medal.

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A. J. M. Smith timeline

  1. Smith won the 1943 Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama for his own first collection of poetry, News of the Phoenix and Other Poems.
  2. In 1943 his first anthology was published: The Book of Canadian Poetry, in which he argued that there was a distinctive Canadian voice.
  3. In 1966 the Royal Society of Canada awarded him its Lorne Pierce Medal.

The world when A. J. M. Smith was born

A. J. M. Smith was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

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Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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