Robertson Davies | |
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.jpg) Davies in 1982 | |
| Born | 28 August 1913 Thamesville, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 2 December 1995 (aged 82) Orangeville, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Journalist, playwright, professor, critic, novelist |
| Alma mater | Queen's University (did not graduate) Balliol College, Oxford |
| Genre | Novels, plays, essays and reviews |
| Notable works | The Deptford Trilogy, The Cornish Trilogy, The Salterton Trilogy |
| Spouse | Brenda Ethel Davies (m. 1940, 1917–2013) |
| Children | 3 |
William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSL FRSC (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself.[1] Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.
- ^ Responding to Peter Gzowski's query as to whether he accepted the label, Davies said, "I would be delighted to accept it. In fact, I think it's an entirely honourable and desirable title, but you know people are beginning to despise it." Davis, J. Madison (ed.) (1989). Conversations with Robertson Davies. Mississippi University Press. p. 99.