ABOUT MILTON ACORN
Canadian poet, dramatist, and author known for The Island Means Minago, I've Tasted My Blood, and other poetry collections. He was a recipient of both the Governor General's Award and the Canadian Poets Award.
He published his debut poetic work, In Love and Anger, in 1956. A decade later, he established a Vancouver newspaper called The Georgia Straight.
He was wounded in World War II and returned to Canada, where he lived for a time at Toronto's Hotel Waverly on a disability pension.
He and his younger sister grew up in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was briefly married to fellow poet Gwendolyn MacEwan .
He was born in the same year as Kenneth Mills , a Canadian musician and writer.
