William Arthur Deacon (6 April 1890 — 5 August 1977) was a Canadian literary critic and editor.
Biography
editDeacon was in Pembroke, Ontario on 6 April 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 Winnipeg Free Press (1921), Saturday Night (1922–28), The Mail and Empire (1928–36) and The Globe and Mail (1936–61). He died on 5 August 1977 in Toronto.[2]
Selected works
edit- Pens and Pirates (1923)
- Poteen and Other Essays (1926)
- The Four Jameses (1927)
- My vision of Canada (1933)
References
edit- ^ 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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