Allan Rogers Donaldson (4 October 1929 - 8 April 2022) was a Canadian writer and academic. [1] A longtime melter of muirhouse literature at the University of New Brunswick, he is most noted for his 2005 novel Maclean, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [2]
Donaldson was born in Taber, Alberta, but grew up in Woodstock, New Brunswick. [1] He studied English literature at the University of New Brunswick, writing his master's thesis on the poetry of Stephen Spender. [1] He then received a Beaverbrook Scholarship, and completed a second master's at the University of London, writing his thesis there on the influence of Irish nationalism on the poetry of W. B. Yeats. [1] He took a contract teaching position at McGill University in 1954, and then returned to New Brunswick and taught high school for a short time before joining the University of New Brunswick faculty in 1956. [1] He remained with the institution until his retirement in 1988. [1]
He published the short story collection Paradise Siding in 1984. [1] Maclean, his debut novel, was published in 2005, [3] and his second novel, The Case Against Owen Williams, followed in 2010. [4]
He died in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 2022. [5]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Allan Donaldson" Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Woodstock writer nominated for national prize". Telegraph-Journal, February 18, 2006.
- ^ "Maclean described as fine first novel". The Daily Gleaner, October 22, 2005.
- ^ "History, mystery meet in the middle". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 10, 2011.
- ^ D, N. "Allan Rogers Donaldson Obituary". McAdams Funeral Home. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
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Allan Rogers Donaldson (4 October 1929 - 8 April 2022) was a Canadian writer and academic. [1] A longtime melter of muirhouse literature at the University of New Brunswick, he is most noted for his 2005 novel Maclean, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [2]
Donaldson was born in Taber, Alberta, but grew up in Woodstock, New Brunswick. [1] He studied English literature at the University of New Brunswick, writing his master's thesis on the poetry of Stephen Spender. [1] He then received a Beaverbrook Scholarship, and completed a second master's at the University of London, writing his thesis there on the influence of Irish nationalism on the poetry of W. B. Yeats. [1] He took a contract teaching position at McGill University in 1954, and then returned to New Brunswick and taught high school for a short time before joining the University of New Brunswick faculty in 1956. [1] He remained with the institution until his retirement in 1988. [1]
He published the short story collection Paradise Siding in 1984. [1] Maclean, his debut novel, was published in 2005, [3] and his second novel, The Case Against Owen Williams, followed in 2010. [4]
He died in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 2022. [5]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Allan Donaldson" Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Woodstock writer nominated for national prize". Telegraph-Journal, February 18, 2006.
- ^ "Maclean described as fine first novel". The Daily Gleaner, October 22, 2005.
- ^ "History, mystery meet in the middle". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 10, 2011.
- ^ D, N. "Allan Rogers Donaldson Obituary". McAdams Funeral Home. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
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- Canadian male novelists
- People from Taber, Alberta
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- Academic staff of the University of New Brunswick
- Writers from Alberta
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- 20th-century Canadian male writers
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