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Margaret Louise (Polly) Fleck (1933 - 2019) was a Canadian poet.[1] She was most noted for her poetry collection The Chinese Execution, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1994 Governor General's Awards.[2]

The wife of Paul Fleck, a president of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity,[3] she published her first poetry collection Polychronicon in 1984.[4] Following her husband's death in 1992, she was active in the Fleck Family Foundation, which endowed the Banff Centre's Fleck Fellowships[5] and launched the Norma Fleck Award for children's literature.[6]


References


  1. Cary Fagan, "Elegy, experiment, epic among contenders for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, November 12, 1994.
  2. "Atwood, Munro and Wiebe among big name nominees". Ottawa Citizen, October 27, 1994.
  3. Zena Cherry, "Prince Philip names park UNESCO site". The Globe and Mail, August 28, 1985.
  4. Laurel Boone, "Creeds". Canadian Literature, Vol 106 (1985). pp. 111-112.
  5. Jennifer Partridge, "Fleck fellowships celebrate artistic legacy". Calgary Herald, October 13, 2000.
  6. "Industrialist sponsors book award: Canada has a new literary prize". Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 1999.


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