Emily Carr

Emily Carr was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She also was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her "complete candour" and "strong prose". Klee Wyck, her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and others written by her or compiled from her writings later are still much in demand today.

13 December 1871

Born on the same birth day (13 December): Ann Barzel • Dan Hamhuis • Danielle Collins • Drew Pearson (journalist) • Ella Baker • Ferguson Jenkins • Francesco Bianchini • Franz Aepinus • James Kyson • Jeff Baxter • Joseph Howe • Kristian Birkeland • Laurens van der Post • Leonard Weisgard • Lucy Brocadelli • Sergei Fedorov • Simona Waltert • Tom DeLonge

Born in the same month (December 1871): Archie MacLaren • Henry Kimball Hadley • Joe Kelley