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Leo Kennedy
John Leo Kennedy (August 22, 1907 – 2000) was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' says of him that "Kennedy helped change the direction of Canadian poetry in the 1920s."〔Patricia Morley, "(Kennedy, John Leo )" ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1131-1132.〕
==Life==
Born in Liverpool, England, Kennedy emigrated with his family – his father, John Kennedy, a ship chandler, and his mother, Lillian Bullen – to Canada in 1912.〔W.H. New, "(Kennedy, John Leo )," ''Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature'' (Toronto: McLelland & Stewart, 2002), 576. Google Books, Web, Apr. 2, 2011.〕 Leo Kennedy quit school at 14, after having to repeat Grade 6;〔 "he took to the sea and held a variety of jobs."〔 In the mid-1920s Kennedy was writing an advice column for the ''Montreal Star'' under the name "Helen Laurence."
〔''Encyclopaedia of Literature'', 8104, JRank.org, Web, Apr. 2, 2011.〕
In the early 1920s he was writing an advice column for the ''Montreal Star''.〔Brian Trehearne, "(Leo Kennedy 1907-2000 )," ''Canadian Poetry 1920 to 1960'', Toronto, McLelland & Stewart, 2010), 183). Google Books, Web, Apr. 2, 2011.〕 At the same time, "he was admitted to the Montreal campus of Laval (now the Université de Montréal), where he studied English for two years."〔David Latham, "Leo Kennedy Biography," Encyclopedia of Literature'', 8104, JRank.org, Web, Apr. 2, 2011.〕
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