Polly Fleck

{{Short description|Canadian poet (1933–2019)}}

Margaret Louise (Polly) Fleck (1933–2019) was a Canadian poet.Cary Fagan, "Elegy, experiment, epic among contenders for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, November 12, 1994. She was most noted for her poetry collection The Chinese Execution, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1994 Governor General's Awards."Atwood, Munro and Wiebe among big name nominees". Ottawa Citizen, October 27, 1994.

The wife of Paul Fleck, a president of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity,Zena Cherry, "Prince Philip names park UNESCO site". The Globe and Mail, August 28, 1985. she published her first poetry collection Polychronicon in 1984.Laurel Boone, "Creeds". Canadian Literature, Vol 106 (1985). pp. 111-112. Following her husband's death in 1992, she was active in the Fleck Family Foundation, which endowed the Banff Centre's Fleck FellowshipsJennifer Partridge, "Fleck fellowships celebrate artistic legacy". Calgary Herald, October 13, 2000. and launched the Norma Fleck Award for children's literature."Industrialist sponsors book award: Canada has a new literary prize". Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 1999.