Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Canada

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Alice Munro, Canadian Short Story Writer
(1931-2024)

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Name: Alice Munro
Birth: July 10, 1931, Wingham, Ontario, Canada
Death: May 13, 2024, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
Language: English
Who she is: Canadian short story writer; Runaway; Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (or Away from Her); Dance Of The Happy Shades; Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You; Nobel Prize in Literature (2013)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

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Saul Bellow, Canadian-American Writer
(1915-2005)

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Name: Saul Bellow
Birth: June 10, 1915, Lachine, Canada
Death: April 5, 2005, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Canadian-American novelist, short story writer, and playwright; The Adventures of Augie March; Henderson the Rain King; Herzog; Mr. Sammler's Planet; Humboldt's Gift; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976)
Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom

A. E. van Vogt, Canadian Science Fiction Author
(1912-2000)

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Name: Alfred Elton van Vogt
Known as: A. E. van Vogt
Birth: April 26, 1912, Gretna, Canada
Death: January 26, 2000, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Canadian author of science fiction; best-known for the novel Slan; short stories "The Silkie"; "The Weapon Shop"; "Black Destroyer"

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Philosopher
(1911-1980)

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Name: Herbert Marshall McLuhan
Known as: Marshall McLuhan
Birth: July 21, 1911, Edmonton, Canada
Death: December 31, 1980, Toronto, Canada
Language: English
Who he was: Canadian philosopher; The Mechanical Bride; The Gutenberg Galaxy; Understanding Media; The Medium is the Massage; War and Peace in the Global Village; From Cliché to Archetype

Mark Strand, Canadian-born American Poet
(1934-2014)

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Name: Mark Strand
Birth: April 11, 1934, Summerside, Canada
Death: November 29, 2014, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Canadian-born American poet and essayist; Blizzard of One; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1999); Poet Laureate of the United States(1990)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Children's Author
(1874-1942)

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Name: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Known as: L. M. Montgomery
Birth: November 30, 1874, New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: April 24, 1942, Toronto, Canada
Language: English
Who she was: Canadian author of children's literature; Anne of Green Gables and sequels; Rilla of Ingleside; Emily of New Moon and two more; the Avonlea stories

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Writer
(1939 - )

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Name: Margaret Atwood
Birth: November 18, 1939, Ottawa, Canada
Language: English
Who she is: Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist; The Handmaid's Tale; Cat's Eye; Alias Grace; The Blind Assassin; Oryx and Crake; Surfacing
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Robert W. Service, British-Canadian Poet
(1874-1958)

Just the Facts:

Name: Robert W. Service
Birth: January 16, 1874, Preston, Lancashire, UK
Death: September 11, 1958, Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Language: English
Who he was: British-Canadian poet known for the humorous poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"

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Michael Ondaatje, Sri-Lankan/Canadian Writer
(1943 - )

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Name: (Philip) Michael Ondaatje
Birth: September 12, 1943, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Language: English
Who he is: Sri-Lankan/Canadian poet and novelist, whose works include The English Patient and Anil's Ghost

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Robertson Davies, Canadian "Man of Letters"
(1913-1995)

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Name: Robertson Davies
Birth: August 28, 1913, Thamesville, Canada
Death: December 2, 1995, Orangeville, Canada
Language: English
Who he was: Canadian "man of letters" who wrote three novel "trilogies" and most of a fourth
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!

Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!

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