George Matthew Elliott (4 July 1923 – 18 May 1996) was a Canadian short story writer.
Biography
Born in London, Ontario, Elliott attended the University of Toronto, where he was an editor for the student newspaper, The Varsity. He later became editor of the Strathroy Age-Dispatch, in Strathroy, Ontario, and was that community's correspondent for the London Free Press. He later became a reporter and editor with the Timmins Daily Press. He was Vice-President (Creative) of MacLaren Advertising in Toronto. He served as Minister-Counsellor for Public Affairs at the Embassy of Canada in Washington D.C. from 1976 to 1980. He retired to St. Jean Ile d'Orleans, Quebec.
Bibliography
Short story collections
- The Kissing Man. Toronto: New Canadian Library. 1962. ISBN 0-7710-3465-2.
- The Bittersweet Man. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 1994. ISBN 0-920493-10-6.
- Crazy Water Boys. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 1995. ISBN 0-920493-14-9.
- Sand gardens on First Beach. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-920493-18-2.
Travel/Photography
- God's Big Acre: Life in 401 Country (with photography by John Reeves). Toronto: Methuen. 1986. ISBN 0-45880400-2.
Stories
- "Hutchison's Lock". The New Quarterly. V (4). 1986.
See also
References
W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 331–32.
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George Matthew Elliott (4 July 1923 – 18 May 1996) was a Canadian short story writer.
Biography
Born in London, Ontario, Elliott attended the University of Toronto, where he was an editor for the student newspaper, The Varsity. He later became editor of the Strathroy Age-Dispatch, in Strathroy, Ontario, and was that community's correspondent for the London Free Press. He later became a reporter and editor with the Timmins Daily Press. He was Vice-President (Creative) of MacLaren Advertising in Toronto. He served as Minister-Counsellor for Public Affairs at the Embassy of Canada in Washington D.C. from 1976 to 1980. He retired to St. Jean Ile d'Orleans, Quebec.
Bibliography
Short story collections
- The Kissing Man. Toronto: New Canadian Library. 1962. ISBN 0-7710-3465-2.
- The Bittersweet Man. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 1994. ISBN 0-920493-10-6.
- Crazy Water Boys. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 1995. ISBN 0-920493-14-9.
- Sand gardens on First Beach. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-920493-18-2.
Travel/Photography
- God's Big Acre: Life in 401 Country (with photography by John Reeves). Toronto: Methuen. 1986. ISBN 0-45880400-2.
Stories
- "Hutchison's Lock". The New Quarterly. V (4). 1986.
See also
References
W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 331–32.
| International | |
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| National | |
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| This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1923 births
- 1996 deaths
- Canadian male short story writers
- Canadian newspaper journalists
- Canadian male journalists
- People from Middlesex County, Ontario
- University of Toronto alumni
- Writers from London, Ontario
- 20th-century Canadian short story writers
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian expatriates in the United States
- Canadian writer stubs