David William McFadden (born October 11, 1940) is a Canadian poet and novelist. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario a first started working there as a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator newspaper. As he grew more renowned as a poet he quit the newspaper and became a full time writer in 1976. He is currently a professor at York University and lives in Toronto, Ontario. His poetry crtiques the commercialism and shallowness of modern society.

Works:

  • Poetry:
  • Fiction
    • The Great Canadian Sonnet - 1974
    • A Trip Around Lake Huron - 1980
    • A Trip Around Lake Erie - 1980
    • Animal Spirits - 1983
    • Canadian Sunset - 1986
    • A Trip Around Lake Ontario - 1988

See also: List of Canadian writers, List of Canadian poets