| Irving Layton (b. 1912) is a Canadian poet, short-story writer and essayist. He is perhaps the best-known of a group of Montréal poets who battled against the romanticism of poetry in the 1940s. He has published many poetry collections including A Red Carpet for the Sun (1959) which won the Governor General's Award for poetry. His poems express a vigorous sensuality and a contempt for what he regards as society's hypocrisy. Roloff Beny (1924-1984) was a Canadian photographer internationally known for many exhibitions and 16 lavishly illustrated books based on his travels. The National Archives acquired the Roloff Beny Collection from the photographer's estate in 1993. It includes 200,000 photographic documents as well as manuscripts. PA-193716 |