Canadian novelist, poet, and academic
Philip Albert Child (January 19, 1898 – February 6, 1978) was a Canadian novelist, poet, and academic.[ 1]
Born in Hamilton , Ontario , the son of William Addison Child and Elizabeth Helen (Harvey) Child graduated from Ridley College, St. Catharines in 1915 and then studied at Trinity College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree after serving during World War I . He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1921 and received a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Harvard University . He was a journalist and taught for a time at the University of British Columbia while writing several novels. In 1942, he became a professor at Trinity College eventually becoming Chancellor's Professor of English.[ 2]
He won the Ryerson Fiction Award twice, in 1945 for Day of Wrath and in 1949 for Mr. Ames Against Time . He also won the 1949 Governor General's Award for Mr. Ames Against Time .
The Village of Souls (1933)God's Sparrows (1937)Day of Wrath (1945)Mr. Ames Against Time (1948)The Victorian House: And Other Poems (1951)Come Rack (1954)The Wood of the Nightingale (1965)Archives of Philip Child (Philip Child fonds, R11722) are held at Library and Archives Canada
1930s 1940s Ringuet , Thirty Acres Alan Sullivan , Three Came to Ville Marie (1941)G. Herbert Sallans , Little Man (1942)Thomas Head Raddall , The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek (1943)Gwethalyn Graham , Earth and High Heaven Hugh MacLennan , Two Solitudes Winifred Bambrick , Continental Revue (1946)Gabrielle Roy , The Tin Flute Hugh MacLennan , The Precipice Philip Child , Mr. Ames Against Time (1949) 1950s Germaine Guèvremont , The Outlander (1950)Morley Callaghan , The Loved and the Lost (1951)David Walker , The Pillar (1952)David Walker , Digby (1953)Igor Gouzenko , The Fall of a Titan (1954)Lionel Shapiro , The Sixth of June (1955)Adele Wiseman , The Sacrifice (1956)Gabrielle Roy , Street of Riches Colin McDougall , Execution Hugh MacLennan , The Watch That Ends the Night 1960s 1970s Dave Godfrey , The New Ancestors (1970)Mordecai Richler , St. Urbain's Horseman Robertson Davies , The Manticore Rudy Wiebe , The Temptations of Big Bear (1973)Margaret Laurence , The Diviners Brian Moore , The Great Victorian Collection Marian Engel , Bear Timothy Findley , The Wars Alice Munro , Who Do You Think You Are? Jack Hodgins , The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne (1979) 1980s George Bowering , Burning Water (1980)Mavis Gallant , Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories (1981)Guy Vanderhaeghe , Man Descending Leon Rooke , Shakespeare's Dog Josef Škvorecký , The Engineer of Human Souls (1984)Margaret Atwood , The Handmaid's Tale Alice Munro , The Progress of Love M. T. Kelly , A Dream Like Mine (1987)David Adams Richards , Nights Below Station Street Paul Quarrington , Whale Music 1990s Nino Ricci , Lives of the Saints Rohinton Mistry , Such a Long Journey Michael Ondaatje , The English Patient Carol Shields , The Stone Diaries Rudy Wiebe , A Discovery of Strangers (1994)Greg Hollingshead , The Roaring Girl (1995)Guy Vanderhaeghe , The Englishman's Boy Jane Urquhart , The Underpainter Diane Schoemperlen , Forms of Devotion (1998)Matt Cohen , Elizabeth and After 2000s Michael Ondaatje , Anil's Ghost Richard B. Wright , Clara Callan Gloria Sawai , A Song for Nettie Johnson (2002)Douglas Glover , Elle (2003)Miriam Toews , A Complicated Kindness David Gilmour , A Perfect Night to Go to China Peter Behrens , The Law of Dreams Michael Ondaatje , Divisadero Nino Ricci , The Origin of Species (2008)Kate Pullinger , The Mistress of Nothing (2009) 2010s Dianne Warren , Cool Water (2010)Patrick deWitt , The Sisters Brothers Linda Spalding , The Purchase (2012)Eleanor Catton , The Luminaries Thomas King , The Back of the Turtle Guy Vanderhaeghe , Daddy Lenin and Other Stories (2015)Madeleine Thien , Do Not Say We Have Nothing Joel Thomas Hynes , We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night Sarah Henstra , The Red Word Joan Thomas , Five Wives 2020s
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