William Arthur Deacon
William Arthur Deacon (6 Apr 1890 - 5 August 1977) was a Canadian literary critic and editor. Born in Pembroke, Ontario in 1890, he studied in Winnipeg, Manitoba to be a lawyer, but eventually became a book review editor, and "aimed to become the first full-time book reviewer in Canada".[1] He worked for the Manitoba Free Press (1921), Saturday Night (1922–28), the Toronto Mail and Empire (1928–36) and The Globe and Mail (1936–61). He died in 1977 in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
Selected works[]
- Pens and Pirates (1923)
- Poteen and Other Essays (1926)
- The Four Jameses (1927)
- My vision of Canada (1933)
References[]
- ^ Rubio, Mary Henley (18 February 2011). Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings. Doubleday Canada. pp. 353–. ISBN 978-0-385-67481-2.
- ^ "William Arthur Deacon". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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- 1890 births
- 1977 deaths
- People from Pembroke, Ontario
- Canadian literary critics
- Literary editors
- Writers from Ontario
- Writers from Winnipeg
- The Globe and Mail people
- Canadian editors
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 20th-century Canadian essayists
- Canadian male essayists
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