Ernest Buckler (1908–1984)
Autore di The Mountain and the Valley
Sull'Autore
Ernest Buckler, 1908 - 1984 Buckler is the author of the Canadian novel "The Mountain and the Valley" (1952), which articulates the twentieth-century themes of alienation, loss and death. In it, the character David Canaan, a protagonist, is a failed writer who is unable to realize that his mostra altro selfishness and inaction have irreversible consequences. He dies still dreaming of becoming a great writer that can give voice to the rural Nova Scotia life that he can't escape or embrace. He also wrote the fiction novels "The Cruelest Month" (1963) and "The Rebellion of Young David and Other Stories" (1975). Buckler also wrote the fictional memoir "Ox Bells and Fireflies" (1968), the humorous "Whiligig" (1977) and "Nova Scotia: Window on the Sea" (photography by Hans Weber) (1973). Buckler received honorary degrees from Dalhousie University and University of New Brunswick, the Canadian Centennial Medal "for valuable service to the nation" and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Ernest Buckler
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The Time of Your Life: An Anthology of Short Stories — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1908-07-19
- Data di morte
- 1984-03-04
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Dalhousie West, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Luogo di morte
- Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dalhousie West, Nova Scotia, Canada - Istruzione
- Dalhousie University (BA|1929)
University of Toronto (MA|1930) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
short story writer - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Canada (Officer)
Canadian Centennial Medal (1967)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 231
- Popolarità
- #97,643
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 19