George Elliot Clarke (born February 12 1960) is a Canadian poet and playwright. He has spenty much of his career writing about the black communities of Nova Scotia and served for a time in the African-American Studies department at Duke University. He is currently an English professor at the University of Toronto. In 2001 he won the Governor General's Award for poetry for his book Execution Poems.

Works:

  • Saltwater Spirituals and Deeper Blues - 1983
  • Whylah Falls - 1990
  • Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems 1978-1993 - 1994
  • Whylah Falls: The Play - 1999
  • Beatrice Chancy - 1999
  • Execution Poems - 2001
  • Blue - 2001
  • Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature - 2002