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J.A. Wainwright
ABOUT THE AUTHORJ.A. Wainwright was born in Toronto, Canada. Since 1972 he has lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he is McCulloch Emeritus Professor in English at Dalhousie Univer...view moreABOUT THE AUTHORJ.A. Wainwright was born in Toronto, Canada. Since 1972 he has lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he is McCulloch Emeritus Professor in English at Dalhousie University. His areas of specialization were contemporary and Canadian literature and popular culture, including a class on Bob Dylan and literature of the 1960s.His first novel, A Deathful Ridge: a Novel of Everest, was shortlisted for the Boardman-Tasker Prize in Mountain Literature in 1997, and his biography of painter Robert Markle, Blazing Figures, was shortlisted for the ForeWord Magazine Literary Prize in the U.S. in 2010. He has given readings from his fiction and poetry collections in Canada, the U.S.A and Europe.Poetry Publications:Moving Outward, Toronto: New Press, 1970The Requiem Journals, Fredericton: Fiddlehead Books, 1976After the War, Oakville, Mosaic Press, 1981Flight of the Falcon: Scott’s Journey to the South Pole, Mosaic Press, 1987Landscape and Desire: Selected Poems, Mosaic Press, 1992Fiction Publications:A Deathful Ridge: a Novel of Everest, Mosaic Press, 1997A Far Time, Mosaic Press, 2001The Confluence, Mosaic Press, 2007Biographies:Charles Bruce: World Enough and Time, Formac Publishing, 1988Blazing Figures: A Life of Robert Markle, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010view less