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Pamphile Lemay

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Martha Ostenso

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Laure Conan

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Robert Lepage

Canadian writer, director, designer, and actor

Lisa Robertson

Canadian poet and essayist

Alice Munro

Alice Munro

Canadian author

Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff

Canadian political leader

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Canadian author

Joseph Boyden

Canadian novelist and short-story writer

Anne Michaels

Canadian poet and novelist

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje

Canadian writer

Anne Carson

Anne Carson

Canadian poet

Thomas King

American-born Canadian writer and photographer

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell

Canadian journalist and writer

Louise Penny

Louise Penny

Canadian author

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Canadian musician and author

Dany Laferrière

Dany Laferrière

Haitian-born Canadian author

Sue Goyette

Canadian poet and novelist

Alistair MacLeod

Canadian author and educator

Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist

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