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Alden Nowlan (Alden Albert Nowlan) was born on 25 January, 1933 in Stanley, Nova Scotia, Canada, is a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright. Discover Alden Nowlan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

Popular As Alden Albert Nowlan
Occupation Journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, author
Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 25 January, 1933
Birthday 25 January
Birthplace Stanley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of death 27 June, 1983
Died Place Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality Canada

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His wife is Claudine Orser (m. 1963)

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Alden Nowlan Net Worth

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1933

Alden Albert Nowlan (January 25, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright.

Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, along a stretch of dirt road that he would later refer to as Desolation Creek.

His father, Freeman Lawrence Nowlan, worked sporadically as a manual labourer.

His mother, Grace Reese, was only 14 years of age when Nowlan was born, and she soon left the family, leaving Alden and her younger daughter Harriet to the care of their paternal grandmother.

The family discouraged education as a waste of time, and Nowlan left school after only four grades.

At the age of 14, he went to work in the village sawmill.

At the age of 16, he discovered the new library in Windsor.

Often on weekends he would travel eighteen miles to the library to get books, which broadened his already keen reading.

"I wrote (as I read) in secret."

Nowlan remembered.

"My father would as soon have seen me wear lipstick."

At 19, Nowlan's artfully embroidered résumé landed him a job with Observer, a newspaper in Hartland, New Brunswick.

While working at the Observer, Nowlan began writing books of poetry, the first of which was published by Fredericton's Fiddlehead Poetry Books.

Nowlan eventually settled permanently in New Brunswick.

1963

In 1963, he married Claudine Orser, a typesetter on his former paper, and moved to Saint John with her and her son, John, whom he adopted.

He became the night editor for the Saint John Telegraph Journal and continued to write poetry.

1966

In 1966, Nowlan was diagnosed with throat cancer.

After three surgeries and a subsequent radiation treatment, his health began to improve.

He wrote poems about his brush with death.

1967

In 1967, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his collection Bread, Wine and Salt was awarded the Governor General's Award for Poetry.

Soon afterward, the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton offered him the position of Writer-in-Residence.

Nowlan's most notable literary achievements include the Governor General's Award for Bread, Wine and Salt (1967) and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

1968

He was writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton from 1968 until his death in 1983.

In New Brunswick, the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-language Literary Arts is named in his honour.

1970

In the 1970s, Nowlan met and became close friends with theatre director Walter Learning.

The two collaborated on a number of plays, including A Gift to Last, Frankenstein, The Dollar Woman, and The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca.

Nowlan's Fredericton home is now the residence of the Graduate Student Association at the University of New Brunswick.

Dubbed "Windsor Castle" by Nowlan after its location on Windsor Street, the simple building is now officially called the Alden Nowlan House.

Nowlan is buried in the Poets' Corner of the Forest Hill cemetery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

1983

He remained in the position until his death on June 27, 1983, after collapsing at his home with severe emphysema.

2002

Nowlan is one of Canada's most popular 20th-century poets, and his appearance in the anthology Staying Alive (2002) has helped to spread his popularity beyond Canada.