Pratt Collection of Carol Coates Papers
Published: 1939
Language: eng
Format: Manuscript
Subjects: Coates, Carol -- manuscripts.
Genres: manuscripts.
Description: This collection consists of manuscript and typescript poems in chapbooks by Coates, presented to the Pratt family (E.J., Vi and Claire).
Notes: Gift of E.J. Pratt and John Mappin.

Carol Coates (born Alice Caroline Coates Cassidy) was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1906 and moved to Vancouver in 1913. Her poetry is deeply influenced by Japanese Hokku. She wrote many short pieces, some comprising just one or two lines, aimed at crystallizing a scene or atmosphere. She composed many poems in a single notebook, usually placing each one on a new page. The drafts show the care with which she chose, and then arranged, the few words aimed to capture an image or mood. She died in 1994.