Author
Robertson Davies
August 28, 1913 – December 2, 1995 · Canada
Writer, Novelist, Reporter, Playwright, Professor, Musicologist, Journalist, Literary critic
Titles on list
4
Total weeks
26
Peak rank
#8
Biography
- Born
- August 28, 1913 · Thamesville
- Died
- December 2, 1995 · Orangeville
- Nationality
- Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Balliol College, Upper Canada College, Queen's University, Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute
Awards & Honours
- 1950Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
- 1961Lorne Pierce Medal
- 1972Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
- 1982Toronto Book Awards
- 1984World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
- 1988Molson Prize
- Companion of the Order of Canada
- Order of Ontario
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- honorary doctor of the University of Manitoba
On the Bestseller Lists
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