death_place death_date birth_place awards fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
vancouver , british columbia 13 april 1979 london , england order of canada poetry university of manitoba university of british columbia 06 april 1902 roy daniells
 roy daniells university of toronto university of british columbia
roy daniells

roy daniells , -lrb- april 6 , 1902 -- april 13 , 1979 -rrb- was a canadian poetry professor .
he helped build the university of british columbia 's creative writing department and fostered the careers of several major canadian writers .
