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Alden Nowlan —
Canadian
Poet
born on January 25, 1933,
died on June 27, 1983
Alden Albert Nowlan was a critically acclaimed Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright... (wikipedia)
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes.