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Learn more•Findley a well-known author in Canadian literature of the late 20th century. His books have been translated into many languages and sold around the world. See especially The Wars and Famous Last Words. •Twice a winner of the Governor General’s Award: Fiction, The Wars (1977), Drama, Elizabeth Rex (2001)
•Findley was ahead of his time in his worry about issues we see today: the rise of fascism, climate change and related environmental issues (species loss in the context of global warming, pollution of oceans), censorship and “fake news”, the rights of women and LGBTQ people.
•Findley was obsessed with a possible WWIII and warned against anti-democratic movements and the escalation of violence.
•First full biography of Timothy Findley. Author had access to and extensive use of his private journals, letters, diaries, photographs and tape recordings
•Findley was part of the founding season of The Stratford Festival (1953), involved in the early days of CBC, and a founder of the Writers’ Union of Canada
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Findley
Sherrill Grace, OC, FRSC, is a University Killam Professor Emerita at the University of British Columbia. She specializes in Canadian literature and culture and has published extensively in these areas. Her recent books include Inventing Tom Thomson (2004), Canada and the Idea of North (2007), Making Theatre: A Life of Sharon Pollock (2008), and Landscapes of War and Memory (2014).
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“A tactful, sensitive, generous, storyteller, Sherrill Grace recounts the life of one of Canada’s greatest storytellers, illuminating his life and work, the people he knew and the cultural times in which he performed that life so passionately. We follow him as he learns his craft through writing and through living that intense, well-examined, if often tormented, life. At once learned and elegant, this immensely readable biography is a glorious summing up of all the themes of his work and life.” —Linda Hutcheon, University of Toronto, author of The Canadian Postmodern
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