The English Undergraduate Student Association presents a public reading from the poetry of Irving Layton as part of nationwide celebrations of the Canadian icon’s centenary, Monday, March 12.

One of Canada’s best-known and prolific poets, Layton won a Governor General’s Award for his 1959 book, A Red Carpet for the Sun. In 1981, Italy and Korea nominated him for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in 2006 at the age of 92.

Monday’s event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Oak Room, Vanier Hall.