Elizabeth Brewster

Elizabeth Winifred Brewster, CM (born 26 August 1922) is a Canadian poet and academic.

Life
Brewster was born in Chipman, New Brunswick. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick (UNB), a Master of Arts degree from Radcliffe College, a Bachelor of Library Science from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.

She served as a professor at the University of Saskatchewan from 1972 until her retirement in 1990.

At the UNB, she was a member of Alfred Bailey's Bliss Carman Society, and one of he founding members ot The Fiddlehead poetry magazine in 1945.

In 1951 Ryerson Press issued her first book of poetry, East Coast. She is a Life Member of the League of Canadian Poets.

Recognition
Brewster is the recipient of a Lifetime Award for Excellence in the arts from the Saskatchewan Arts Board. In 2001, she became a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor.

Poetry

 * East Coast 1951
 * Lillooet 1954
 * Roads 1957
 * Passage of Summer 1969
 * Sunrise North 1972
 * In Search of Eros 1974
 * Sometimes I Think of Moving 1977
 * The Way Home 1982
 * Digging In 1982
 * Selected Poems, 1944-1984 (2 volumes) 1985
 * Entertaining Angels 1988
 * Spring Again 1990
 * Wheel of Change 1993
 * Footnotes to the Book of Job 1995, shortlisted for the 1996 Governor General's Award
 * Garden of Sculpture 1998
 * On the Value Of Fantasies

Other Works

 * The Sisters 1974
 * It's Easy to Fall on the Ice 1977
 * Junction 1982
 * A House Full of Women 1983
 * Visitations 1987
 * The Invention of Truth 1991
 * Away from Home 1995