Joe Wallace

Wallace, Joe

 

Born 1890 in Toronto; died there 1975. Canadian poet. Wrote in English.

In 1919, Wallace became one of the secretaries of the Independent Workers’ Party of Nova Scotia, which in 1921 became part of the Communist Party of Canada. Wallace was in prison from 1941 until 1943. His first book of poetry was published in 1943. The subjects of Wallace’s collections of verse All My Brothers (1953) and Hi, Sister; Hi, Brother (1956) are the working people, the champions of justice, and the USSR.

WORKS

The Golden Legend. [Foreword by I. Armand.] Moscow, 1958.
In Russian translation:
Stikhi, 2nd ed. [Foreword by B. Polevoi.] Moscow, 1964.