David Arthur Watmough (August 17, 1926 – August 4, 2017) was a Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelist.
Watmough was born in London, England, and attended King's College London. He has worked as a reporter (the Cornish Guardian, a 'Talks Producer' ( BBC Third Programme) and an editor ( Ace Books). He immigrated to Canada in 1960, to Kitsilano in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lived for 40 years with his partner, ex- Californian Floyd St. Clair (1930–2009), an opera critic and, from 1963 till his retirement in 1996, [1] a University of British Columbia French professor. [2] He became a Canadian citizen in 1967. [3]
Watmough lived from 2004 to 2009 in Boundary Bay and before his death had been living at Crofton Manor, a Vancouver assisted-living facility.
In 2008 he published his autobiography, "Myself Through Others: Memoirs". [4]
David Arthur Watmough (August 17, 1926 – August 4, 2017) was a Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelist.
Watmough was born in London, England, and attended King's College London. He has worked as a reporter (the Cornish Guardian, a 'Talks Producer' ( BBC Third Programme) and an editor ( Ace Books). He immigrated to Canada in 1960, to Kitsilano in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lived for 40 years with his partner, ex- Californian Floyd St. Clair (1930–2009), an opera critic and, from 1963 till his retirement in 1996, [1] a University of British Columbia French professor. [2] He became a Canadian citizen in 1967. [3]
Watmough lived from 2004 to 2009 in Boundary Bay and before his death had been living at Crofton Manor, a Vancouver assisted-living facility.
In 2008 he published his autobiography, "Myself Through Others: Memoirs". [4]