William Arthur Deacon (6 Apr 1890 - 5 August 1977) was a Canadian literary critic and editor. Born in Pembroke, Ontario in 1890, he studied in Winnipeg, Manitoba to be a lawyer, but eventually became a book review editor, and "aimed to become the first full-time book reviewer in Canada".[1] He worked for the Manitoba Free Press (1921), Saturday Night (1922–28), the Toronto Mail and Empire (1928–36) and The Globe and Mail (1936–61). He died in 1977 in Toronto, Ontario.[2]

Selected works

  • Pens and Pirates (1923)
  • Poteen and Other Essays (1926)
  • The Four Jameses (1927)
  • My vision of Canada (1933)

References

  1. ↑ Rubio, Mary Henley (18 February 2011). Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings. Doubleday Canada. pp. 353–. ISBN 978-0-385-67481-2.
  2. ↑ "William Arthur Deacon". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 9 January 2015.


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