Portia White - Clarke, George Elliott
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George Elliott Clarke uses his poetic style inspired by African verse to explore the life of his great-aunt the operatic contralto Portia White, considered the first African Canadian to become an international star.

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George Elliott Clarke uses his poetic style inspired by African verse to explore the life of his great-aunt the operatic contralto Portia White, considered the first African Canadian to become an international star.
Autorenporträt
Dr. George Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.N.S., F.R.C.G.S., Ph.D., is a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia, and was the Poet Laureate of Toronto, Ontario (2012-2015), where he teaches African-Canadian literature at the University of Toronto. His prize-winning books comprise poetry--Whylah Falls (1990), Execution Poems (2000), and Blues and Bliss (2008)--and a novel, George & Rue (2004). Also the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2016 & 2017), Clarke authored Lasso the Wind: Aurelia's Verses and Other Poems (2013), with award-winning illustrations by Susan Tooke. A grand-nephew to Portia White, Clarke became, in 1998, the inaugural recipient of the Government of Nova Scotia's prestigious Portia White Prize for Artistic Achievement.