Edward Dickinson Blodgett (26 February 1935 – 15 November 2018) was a Canadian poet, literary critic, and translator[1] who won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1996 for his collection Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano (BuschekBooks).
Because of his knowledge of different languages and literatures Blodgett was able to be more inclusive in his study of Canadian authors from different backgrounds beyond the English and the French.
This pluralistic approach is evident in his Five-Part Invention (2003) which deals with many ethnic minority writers in Canada.
[2] In 1996, Blodgett won the Governor-General's Award in Poetry for Apostrophes: woman at a piano (1996).
Blodgett was appointed the post of Poet Laureate for the City of Edmonton, Alberta.